New Delhi, March 19 -- The former CEO of NITI Aayog and G20 Sherpa, Amitabh Kant highlighted the importance of building sustainable cities to urbanise the country, highlighting such projects as being centres of "growth and and innovation," while speaking at the Raisina dialogue being held in New Delhi on Wednesday.

"It's important to realise that cities are centres of growth, the centres of innovation. The centres of great prosperity, therefore if India is going to see 500 million people getting into the process of urbanisation in the next 5 decades, that means the challenge for India is to create two Americas in the next 5 decades. India will have to create a new Chicago every 5 years," Kant said during a panel discussion on "Destiny or...