An Urban Tour Of New Delhi

A tour of Delhi, India, one of the world's fast-growing megacities.

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November 23, 2006, 11:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


"With a population of more than 10 million, Delhi qualifies as one of the world's 22 megacities. Further, the Delhi urban area is growing so rapidly that it is likely to third among the 22 megacities by 2015, surpassing Mumbai as India's largest urban area. Delhi would rank behind only Tokyo- Yokohama and Jakarta and would replace Mumbai as India's largest urban area.

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