Can India afford horizontal development?

The archaic DCRs (development control regulations) across different Indian cities need to go into a jumbo shredder.? Most of the world realised more than fifty years ago that horizontal development is very expensive.? So, even the richest nations have chosen the option of vertical development.? It is a real shame to see that Dubai (a nation-state almost virtually created with the knowledge and hard-work of Indians) can build a 828-meter tall tower (Burj Khalifa), while a majority of regulatio…