The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to create a State Capital Region (SCR) along the lines of the National Capital Region (NCR), connecting Lucknow and the neighbouring districts of central U.P., with the aim of enhancing the potential of the State capital for coordinated and balanced development.
The Urban Development and Planning Department has held multiple rounds of meetings with allied departments to brainstorm on the idea and is likely to submit its proposal to the government on Lucknow-SCR, which will cover the seven adjoining districts of Hardoi, Sitapur, Raebareli, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Unnao and Barabanki.
At the recent Uttar Pradesh Regional Planning Conclave-2023, suggestions were also floated to create six development regions in the State — Agra, Meerut, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Bareilly and Jhansi, apart from the SCR — so that the adjoining districts also benefit from these fast-developing centres.
