SHIMLA: Claiming that Shimla Development Plan (SDP) prepared by an Ahmedabad-based agency is not suitable for the hill town, former deputy mayor Tikender Panwar in a letter written to chief minister Jai Ram Thakur has stated that if such a plan was allowed to be implemented, the entire city would be ruined and “will become like Gurgaon.” He said that plan does not have any understanding of the mountain topography, architecture, geology or history and culture of Shimla.
He said that fortunately, for the benefit of the citizens of Shimla as well as Himachal Pradesh, this plan has been found to be ill-conceived, and probably illegal by the National Green Tribunal.
