urban India
G.S. Sonal, Head of the Department of Malaria, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) under the health ministry points out that increased construction activities and industrialization without proper planning has led to mosquito breeding and hence higher incidence of malaria in urban areas. He stresses builders and industrialists should ensure proper disposal of waste [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate consultant KJ Singh said, “The mess that the real estate sector is in today will become worse if FSI is increased as the builder lobby has been asking for a higher FSI.” On a certain plot FSI is the total covered area on all floors of all buildings divided by the area of [...] Continue Reading »
Statistics suggest that there is a wide gap between the demand in supply of housing – both in terms of quality and quantity, in urban India. Technical Group constituted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA) reveals data that shows that the urban housing shortage in the country at the end of [...] Continue Reading »
The Indian developers mainly target luxury, high-end and upper-mid housing segment. Meanwhile the housing requirements of the lower middle-income and lower income groups that are grossly neglected in India. There is an ever-growing housing shortage since the cities fall short of planned housing for low-income group. According to the report by real estate services firm [...] Continue Reading »
Due to increasing housing requirements in cities and towns, the government is expected to create rental houses in order to meet the needs of people who cannot afford to buy houses. Currently the housing shortage is at around 27 million units and at least 50% is ascribed to people who cannot manage to own houses. [...] Continue Reading »
