Half of humanity now lives in cities and within two decades, nearly 60 percent of the world’s people will be urban dwellers (Tibaijuka, 2008). In India, although the level of urbanization is low i.e. 31.16 percent as per Census 2011, 377 million people live in cities. This is the 2nd largest urban population in the world. The second half of the 20th century has been an era of urbanization in developing countries in general and in India in particular. From 1951 to 2011 India’s urban population increased six times i.e. from 62 to 377 million. Six decades back, Indian cities were inadequate to accommodate their then-existing population because of unplanned development and a lack of infrastructure. The addition of 315 million souls in just six decades has worsened the situation, which is being manifested in the form of slums/shanty towns/squatter settlements and poor quality of life in all classes of towns/cities in India. This is also true in the case of urban Punjab, which is one of the most urbanized states of India with a 37.49 percent level of urbanization (Census, 2011).