Mudassir Zaidi

Cities, not under the heavy influence of real estate investors, may benefit from this budget

India's model of smart cities has become the classic example of the story of an elephant and four blind men. What we need is to follow the Barcelona model of the smart city, which is holistic. The Indian model of smart city is engineering-driven and not an architecture and urban design solution, says Dikshu C Kukreja, of CP Kukreja Architects (CPKA), a 40-year-old firm that specialises in architecture, design and planning. Excerpts from an interview:

Backed by robust incentives, realty's recovery could spur a general economic growth