Amr i

tsar,abordercityofPunj ab,istheadmi ni
strat
iveheadquart
erofthedistri
ctandisspreadover
142.37squar ekil
omet ersarea.I tcommandsc entr
alpositi
oninnort
h-westI ndiaand i
soneoft he
biggesttradecent
resi nthecount rybesi desbeingt herel
igi
ousseatoftheSikhsbec auseofGolden
Templ e(DarbarSahib).Amritsar,popular l
yknownasc it
yofGurushasahi storyofmorethanfour
centuri
esand i sgloball
y popul arfor“ Golden Temple”and “Jali
anwala Bagh” .Itsymbol
izesthe
spiri
tualheri
tageofthepeopleofPunj ab.

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Increase i
n Residenti
aldevelopmentsinthe for
m ofnew Convert
ingAmr
itsarint
oaSmartCi
ty
townshipslikeAnsalc i
ty,GlobalCit
y,Metc
alf
eNi r
vanacit
y under Smart Ci t
ies Mi
ssi
on by
etc.along majorarteri
alroads (Jal
andharBypass,Ajnal
a gover
nment.
roadet c
).
Amr
itsar
-JamnagarExpr
essway
Tr
adit
ionalbazaar
s& shoppingst
reet
shavebeenr
epl
acedby
moder
nf aci
li
ti
esli
keMalls,c
omplexeset
c. Del
hi-
Amr
itsar
-Kat
raexpr
essway

Pr
ovi
sionf
orc
onser
vat
ionofHer
itagear
eas. Amr
itsar
-Kol
kat
aIndust
rialCor
ridor

Thecharac
terofthec
oreafterheri
tagestreetproj
ectc
hanged Redevel
opi
ngt
heAmr
itsarr
ail
way
fr
om commerci
alandcongestedtoabetterplannedstreetand st
ati
on
chowk.

Ring road surrounding the Walled City

andei ghtregi
onalroadsformt hepr i
mar y
road network ofthec i
ty.Concent r
icring
developmentsuper i
mposed by r ing and
radi
al r oad network pat t
ern indicates
bett
erc onnect
ivi
tytoallpartsofthec i
ty.

Sources: Researchgate.net, Thesi

s: Aul
akh, www. ar
chi
nomy.com,
Heri
tagewal k bookl
et,Instit
uteofTown Pl
anner
s,I
ndi
a Journal8 -4,
STudy:Impac
tofAc cessibil
it
yonUr banSt
ruc
tur
eofAmri
tsarCi
ty(2012)
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