Which one of the following is the most possible solution for planning improvement of a metropolitan city in India? [IAS 2003] (a) Constructing high rise building and sky scrapers (b) Dispersing the factories & industries to the neighbouring but independent location. (c) Building up suburbs and satellite towns around the main city (d) Preventing immigration of people into the metropolitan city

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Ans: (b)

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