In 1968, the Town and Country Planning Organization suggested a scheme of planning regions delineated on the basis of economic viability, self sufficiency and ecological balance at the macro and meso levels. Its main emphasis was to introduce regional factor in economic development and aimed at balancing the urban growth by dispersing the population in smaller urban centers.
The Town and Country Planning Organization done by C.S.Chandasekhara can be divided into 13 macro planning regions which are further sub-divided into 35 meso regions. The macro regions along with the meso regions are as follows-
1. South Peninsular Region
a. Kerala Region
b.Madras Coimbatore Industrial Region
c.Tamil Nadu Coastal Region
2. Central Peninsular Region
a.Karnataka Coastal and Industrial Region
b.Rayalseema and Coastal Plains Region
c.Bellary-Hospet Mining Industrial Region
d.Telangana And Coastal Plains
3. Western Peninsular Region
a.Konkan and Trap Agro-Industrial Region
b.Marathwara Agro-Industrial Region
4. Central Deccan Region
a.Narmada Valley Region
b.Khandesh Berar Region
5. Eastern Peninsular Region
a.North Eastern Deccan Coastal Plain
b. Dandakaranya Region
c.Mahanadi Basin
d.Son Industrial Region
e.Chota Nagpur Industrial Region
f.Brahmini Industrial Region
6. Gujarat Region
a.Gujarat Hills and Plains
b.Kathiawar –Kutch Region
7. Western Rajasthan Region
a. Desert Region
b.Semi-desert Region
8. Aravalli Region
a.Kota-Chambal Region
b.Jaipur –Udaipur Mixed Farming Region
9. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Region
a.Jammu &Kashmir Region
b.Ladakh Region
10. Trans-Indo Gangetic Plains & Hils Region
a.Bhakra –Nangal Agro Industrial Region
b.Delhi-Uttarakhand-Western Uttar Pradesh Plains and Hills Region
11. Ganga-Yamuna Plains Region
a.Kanpur Region
b.Baghelkhand Region
12. Lower Ganga Plains Region
a.North-Bihar Region
b.Calcutta –Hooghly Region
c. North Bengal Plains
13. North Eastern Region
a. Lower Shillong Region
b. Upper Brahmaputra and Hills Region
c. Eastern Hills and Plains Region
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