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  Chandigarh : P unjab economy will get a big push through the development of an Integrated Industrial Township , providing a major impetus to planned urbanization in the region with manufacturing as the key driver. The Royale Estate Group (REG) has already created a vision document of such a township and has also announced its plans of foraying into the same. A true Integrated Industrial Township should have residential complexes alongside industrial parks to provide not just housing for workers and talents but a holistic lifestyle of live-work-play. “There are multiple benefits of an Integrated Industrial Township . It not only gives a big boost to the economy of the state but also meets emerging challenges as a futuristic smart industrial city where you have the convergence of next generation technologies across all sectors,” said Neeraj Kansal, Managing Director, REG. Piyush Kansal, another Director at REG, talking about the trend of Integrated Industr...

A recent report of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) states that the   Chandigarh   tricity has the highest prevalence of diabetes cases when compared to the states of Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and Maharashtra . The city records a 13.6% prevalence of diabetes and 14.6% of pre-diabetes. The worrying thing is that   Diabetes   is also a leading cause of kidney failure.  A genetic predisposition, as well as unhealthy lifestyle choices triggered by rapid urbanisation and cultural and socio-economic growth, are key reasons for the increasing disease incidence in the tricity of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali, said   Dr Manish Singla , Nephrologist and Transplant Physician.  Dr Manish Singla, Nephrologist Data from the Chandigarh Population Census 2011 reveals that 97.25% of the city’s population can be defined as urban. The everyday life of these urban Indians is primarily sedentary, dependent on alcohol, cigarettes and unhealthy...