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Source: The Indian Express
OVER the years, Maharashtra has paid a great deal of attention to housing. In fact, it was the first state in India to declare its independent housing policy. According to Lalit Kumar Jain, chairman, Promoters and Builders Association of Pune (PBAP), Maharashtra is a national leader in housing and real estate.
When it comes to housing, Maha-rashta has many firsts to its credit. It implemented the Maharashtra Ownership Flat Act for flat holders in the state. It was also the first state to construct houses for low-income groups at subsidised rates. It was the first state to incorporate modern features in construction, facilitate online design plans, online development and contracts and online booking. In fact, the computerisation initiatives undertaken by Pune's engineers for the housing sector have even received national recognition.
"Housing in Maharashtra has always been a flourishing business and will remain so. Construction is now an industry. Builders have come together and designed a system to solve conflicts between builders-flat owners and developers," says Jain. "The state is witnessing a boom in service industry, information technology, automobile industry and health services. This has created ample career opportunities along with an increase in income. As a result of this, the demand for houses and builders providing the houses is increasing. This industry is growing at a rate as high as 40-50 per cent. This is a sign of prosperity for the state," he adds.
Along with making profits, the construction industry has also nurtured social commitment. Plantation, initiatives to create skilled workforce for the industry funding for fresh entrants in the construction business and a number of other initiatives have been implemented by builders.
Says Sanjay Deshpande, founder of Sanjeevani Developers and chairman of Environmental Department, PBAP: "Urban Maharashtra offers a number of opportunities to the construction business. Urbanisation has reduced the dependency on agriculture. It all started because of the changing lifestyles as people from rural parts of the state started coming to cities like Mumbai and Pune. Water problems, power cuts, lack of career and social opportunities contributed towards people shifting their base to cities," he says.
"Twenty years ago when 20 per cent of the population in the state was staying in urban Maharashtra and 80 per cent in rural, it was predicted that within the next 20 years, the urban-rural ratio in the state would become 50-50. Few years ago, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and Chen-nai were the only metropolitan cities in India. Today Pune, Nagpur, Nasik, Sangli are also experiencing urbanisation with some of them even becoming metropolitan cities," he adds.
So, what factors help a town become a big city? "Availability of water has been the major driving force behind the development of these cities and the construction industry as well. Earlier too, this was the major reason why settlements happened around rivers and lakes. This is the same reason that brought urbanisation in areas like Nashik, Sangli, Satara and not in Vidarbha," explains Deshpande.
OVER the years, Maharashtra has paid a great deal of attention to housing. In fact, it was the first state in India to declare its independent housing policy. According to Lalit Kumar Jain, chairman, Promoters and Builders Association of Pune (PBAP), Maharashtra is a national leader in housing and real estate.
When it comes to housing, Maha-rashta has many firsts to its credit. It implemented the Maharashtra Ownership Flat Act for flat holders in the state. It was also the first state to construct houses for low-income groups at subsidised rates. It was the first state to incorporate modern features in construction, facilitate online design plans, online development and contracts and online booking. In fact, the computerisation initiatives undertaken by Pune's engineers for the housing sector have even received national recognition.
"Housing in Maharashtra has always been a flourishing business and will remain so. Construction is now an industry. Builders have come together and designed a system to solve conflicts between builders-flat owners and developers," says Jain. "The state is witnessing a boom in service industry, information technology, automobile industry and health services. This has created ample career opportunities along with an increase in income. As a result of this, the demand for houses and builders providing the houses is increasing. This industry is growing at a rate as high as 40-50 per cent. This is a sign of prosperity for the state," he adds.
Along with making profits, the construction industry has also nurtured social commitment. Plantation, initiatives to create skilled workforce for the industry funding for fresh entrants in the construction business and a number of other initiatives have been implemented by builders.
Says Sanjay Deshpande, founder of Sanjeevani Developers and chairman of Environmental Department, PBAP: "Urban Maharashtra offers a number of opportunities to the construction business. Urbanisation has reduced the dependency on agriculture. It all started because of the changing lifestyles as people from rural parts of the state started coming to cities like Mumbai and Pune. Water problems, power cuts, lack of career and social opportunities contributed towards people shifting their base to cities," he says.
"Twenty years ago when 20 per cent of the population in the state was staying in urban Maharashtra and 80 per cent in rural, it was predicted that within the next 20 years, the urban-rural ratio in the state would become 50-50. Few years ago, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and Chen-nai were the only metropolitan cities in India. Today Pune, Nagpur, Nasik, Sangli are also experiencing urbanisation with some of them even becoming metropolitan cities," he adds.
So, what factors help a town become a big city? "Availability of water has been the major driving force behind the development of these cities and the construction industry as well. Earlier too, this was the major reason why settlements happened around rivers and lakes. This is the same reason that brought urbanisation in areas like Nashik, Sangli, Satara and not in Vidarbha," explains Deshpande.
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