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Reliance Publishing House Shillong A Tribal Town In Transition by Sutapa Sengupta Bibhas Dhar
With the reorganization of North-East India, theStateofMeghalaya was born in 1972 with Shillong as its capital. Inspiteof heavy exodusof large number of people to Guwahati, thenewCapital of reorganized Assam,Shillong could recordspectaculargrowth during the last three decadesparticularly during1991-2001in every field. What was really lost wasarchitecturalharmonizationof the building with the terrain. The city is nowfullof high riseRCC structures built during 1991- 2001. Due to lack oflegal tools,town planning could notmake any headway, resulting inthe haphazardand unplanned growth ofShillong. Discussing all theseissues indetail, this book makes an attempt understand theurbandynamics ofchange, with Shillong as an example.