CHANDIGARH
- Chandigarh is a city and a union territory in India that serves as the capital of both neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab.
- It is one of the early planned cities in post-independence India and is internationally known for its architecture and urban design.
- The basic planning of the city is a Sector to accommodate 3000 to 25000 persons.
- It was planned by the famous French architect Le Corbusier.
- It was planned focus on
- Hierarchical road network.
- Conservation of building and open spaces.
- He replaced the native indian town into superblocks, introduced Grid-iron pattern.
CHENNAI
- Though Chennai partially planned city but it does not have any grid design system.
- K.K. Nagar (shortened from Kalaignar Karunanithi Nagar) is a small township located in the southern part of Chennai, India.
- It was a locality developed in the 1970s and early 1980s along with the neighbourhood of Ashok Nagar covering a total area of 7 sq km.
- It is organized by sectors and streets, and there are 15 sectors, and around 102 streets.
