In 1954, a commitee of experts under the chairmanship of P R Nayak, then Municipal Commissioner of Bombay reported, "Jamshedpur had been able to achieve and maintain a high level of service and amenities. Comparisons are odious, but it would not be wry to say that the only town that, in our experience, approach Jamshedpur in these matter are New Delhi(before the war and influx of persons affetcted its standards), Mysore, Banglore (part), Secunderabad and Bombay (part). Overall, it is perhaps today the best. Foresight in planning, considerable imagination and the expenditure of large resources that would not otherwise have been available all these have gone into building Jamshedpur to its present standards. "

Lovat Fraser, an English author and journalist, who visited in 1911 said, "I walked through street after street of commodious one storey-brick houses, all well ventilated, all supplied with running water and lit by electric light. Many of the houses had electric fans."

That he was a man of destiny is clear. It would seem, indeed, as if the hour of his birth, his life, his actions, the chain of events which he set in motion or influenced, and the services he rendered to his country and to his people were all pre-destined as part of the greater destiny of India.J R D Tata

"Be sure to lay wide streets, planted with shady trees. Be sure that there is plenty of space for lawns and gardens. Reserve large areas for footballs, hockey and parks. Earmark areas for Hindu temples, Mohamedden mosques and Christian churches." Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata in a letter to Dorab Tata in the year 1902, five years before the site was even found.

To quote Jawahar Lal Nehru, "Jamshetji had the vision of an Industrial India, based on foundation of steel. He formed himself into a one-man Planning Commission and embarked upon his own Five Year Plan, and indeed even longer range plans.

We are constantly accused by people.... of wasting money on the town of Jamshedpur. We are asked why it should be necessary to spend so much on housing and on welfare. People who ask these questions are sadly lacking in imagination. We are not putting up a row of workmen's hut at Jamshedpur. We are building a city........R D Tata addressing Tata Steel shareholders on Oct 25,1923