Shimla Podacst

And the future of a society is bleak, indeed, if, with all the resources of modern times, it is unable to understand that not every parcel may be built on in the same manner, or that it is undesirable to build in every part of a natural setting. This is especially true in mountainous regions, where humility and veneration toward nature should be a... See more

Meanwhile, present construction activity has largely been left in the hands of unskilled laborers from states like Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, or Bihar. Many of these migrants have upgraded themselves to contractors, but their construction knowledge is more suited to flat sites, typi-cal of the areas where they originated. Applied to a hill sta-tion,... See more

Shimla is becoming a city of concrete, hiding ruins of the past.

The core concern identi fi ed in this report is the disconnect of the native with nature caused by the transformation of an orthogenetic settlement to a heterogenetic city