As Chhattisgarh readies to celebrate 25 years of statehood next month, its showcase capital Nava Raipur, officially ‘Nava Raipur Atal Nagar’, is set for a fresh burst of development. Billed as India’s first debt-free planned city, Nava Raipur is now moving beyond wide avenues and underground utilities into a new phase marked by high-tech industry, cultural tourism, and green energy.

In fact, urban planners are looking at the Nava Raipur experiment with anticipation. Could this be India’s new-age city?

The officials argue that if the investments translate into reality, by the end of the decade, Nava Raipur could well become the template for how a planned Indian city can integrate governance with green living, and global industries with cultural tourism.

In recent months, Chhattisgarh Chi

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