Earlier there was a lot of open space around Rajwada. – Photo: SOCIAL MEDIA Expansion 415 Indore’s pride day will be celebrated on May. The city has changed itself over time and expanded its boundaries. Indore has been earning name in the country for the last six years in terms of cleanliness, but efforts to modernize Indore started a hundred years ago from the time of Holkar dynasty. Then arrangements were made to extinguish the fire in the city like abroad. Special lines were laid from Yashwant Sagar pond to extinguish the fire in the city. Sir Patrick Gidget from Scotland to make Indore’s first master plan for the city’s market, industry, settlement 1918 Was called. 30 In the third decade of the 20th century, work was done according to the master plan. Then the population of the city was two to three lakhs. Built soldiers’ houses to cover the security of the markets Sir Gidget created clusters of markets in the rear of the Rajwada. Bullion was kept in the middle of the markets. Utensil market, then cloth market, then grocery market was planned near it. Colonies of soldiers like Ahilya Paltan, Malhar Paltan were planned to cover these markets.
River was connected with greenery Padma Shri Bhalu Modhe says that famous architect Patrick Gidge has added greenery to the river flowing through the city in the master plan of Indore. It was so that the river would flow along with the greenery in the city. He advised to plant dense trees on both sides of the Kanh river, but this was not taken care of and settlements settled on the banks.
1918 506 The city limits were less in the master plan. Starting from the cantonment, the city used to end between Snehaltaganj and Regal to the last intersection. Then they had kept greenery in percent part of the city. At that time he had planned Mahunaka and Nehru circle intersection. In these intersections also 30 there is no problem of traffic jam even after years.

The city of mills settled far away A place was also fixed in the master plan for the industrial development of Indore. Hukamanchad Seth wanted land to be given for cotton mills towards Navlakha, but there was a lot of greenery, so the railway track crossing was kept for the mills. First of all Malwa Mill was built. The mills were then shifted away from the Rajwada and the mill owners were asked to keep the premises of the mills green. After independence, new townships started coming up around the mills.