Well the world has gone through urbanisation, China is doing it , Japan has, Europe has and USA has ( urbanisation as the country grows). So 50% urban growth will happen as jobs do happen in Urban locations and not in villages and farming supports less of the population over time. The urban jobs are causing the economy to boom, , engines of growth are to be created that will give enough returns to enable overall improvement of the infrastructure. As to moving SEZ's to interiors, well Nandigram was not urban in any sense of the world. These protests are a part of the national Psyche and will continue no matter where you locate the SEZ. And what is this enlightened comment of creating sattelite towns is not the same as creating sattelite slums ? Of course it is not, and the Raigarh area will become a sattelite slum ( check out Kalyan, Dombivilli and Ulhasnagar to see unplanned growth) if the SEZ does not come out, and between the two one prefers sattelite towns/ SEZ's. Read today's ET, one needs 15 new cities the size of Delhi to take care of the conservative growth expected in Urban India. Where will this land come from ? The Sea ? Another planet perhaps ?
