It is estimated that 65 per cent of Asia’s population will live in urban areas by 2050. Needless to say, these areas are ill prepared to accommodate so many persons in the land available, thereby adversely impacting the land-man ratio. Over-consumption of natural resources and over-exploitation of natural services sow the seeds of disaster—both natural and man-made. A resilient city must be capable of withstanding a disaster with minimum damage to its physical infrastructure and human resources and with quick rebounding capacity. The major attribute for this rebounding act is a strong local body, equipped with necessary resources to take quick decisions to restore normalcy. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is the designated Smart City of Delhi. In this paper, we study NDMC to understand if the Smart City, working within the ambience of six decades of city planning, is capable of being a resilient city.