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Jai · #1 Posted **May 9, 2007, 5:12 AM**

Public Hospital to get Private Touch

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“ The hospital’s modernisation plan is intended to meet our existing needs and also to cater to needs 20 years down the line. There is a huge gap in what the hospital provides and what is needed. This gap is going to increase drastically. —Dr Nilima Kshirsagar, dean, KEM Hospital

The 80-year-old KEM Hospital is getting a Rs700-crore makeover. The huge grant will enable the hospital to buy new technologies, set up advanced research labs and restore the heritage building. Deepa Suryanarayan tells us what to expect after the revamp of one of the city’s biggest hospitals

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Jai · #2 Posted **May 27, 2007, 12:27 AM**

I dunno why they keep repeating the falsehood that this is the largest slum in Asia, but if that tagline underscores the transforming of India into an economic giant, than maybe its a mis-statement worth repeating.

Dharavi project gets a move on

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Firms from 16 countries will vie for makeover of Asia's largest slum

Madhurima Nandy & Ketaki Ghoge
Mumbai

23 May 07
HT Epaper

FROM JUNE 1, companies from 16 countries will bid for the contract that will create Mumbai's biggest construction site, the Rs 9,250-crore project to transform Dharavi, Asia's largest slum.

Home to about 60,000 families, the biggest shantytown on the continent is a 535-acre sprawl, almost 12 times bigger than Nariman Point. The annual turnover of the industrial base alone in Dharavi is more than Rs 4,000 crore.

On Wednesday, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh gave the final green signal for the bidding to begin for the mammoth project. Global Expression of Interest (EOI) will be published in major newspapers in countries like the US, the UK, Canada, Dubai, Japan, China, Singapore and, of course, India, to name a few.

"We begin selling the tender documents from June 1 and kickstart the first phase of global bidding for Dharavi. It will follow international bidding norms as defined by the World Bank," chief of Dharavi Development Authority I.S. Chahal. "The first phase, which has to finish in 90 days, involves scrutinising each bid and short-listing the selected bidders."

Chahal said one bidder for each of the five sectors in the project will be chosen in the second phase.

Deshmukh, who did not want further delay in the project, held a marathon meeting with stakeholders, non-governmental organisations, legislators and government officers.

"There has been much discussion on the project. It was cleared three years ago and it's high time that we got it off the ground,'' Deshmukh said. The entire process of scrutiny of bids will be conducted by a committee of secretaries. "We will choose the bidder depending on whoever pays the highest premium – basically the one who will share the maximum amount of profit with the government," Chahal said.

Redevelopment of Dharavi would be special and a first in many ways. The project has demanded an independent set of Development Control Regulations (DCR). A copy of the changed DCR will also be attached with the bid document, as the bidder will have to know the new regulations. For the first time, a slum redevelopment project will include rehabilitation of industrial units.

Property consultants said the massive project will increase property rates in the area. "Property rates will easily go up to Rs 8,000-10,000 per sq ft," Managing Director Anuj Puri of Trammel Crow Meghraj said. "This is be cause of the area's proximity to the Bandra-Kurla Complex and for its planned development."

Puri also believes the area has a lot of potential for retail and entertainment facilities. If all goes well, the im plementation of the project will begin by September, after developers are selected for the each of the five self-sufficient sectors in Dharavi, said Varsha Gaikwad, legislator from Dharavi, who was present at the meet- ing. "The CM agreed to our suggestions that residents should be allowed to buy additional residential or commercial space (beyond 225 sq ft) at construction cost and not at market rates,'' Gaikwad said.

"We have also been demanding the should have only commercial saleable component."

Approved in principal in 2003, the project got the cabinet nod in 2004 but has been fraught with proce- dural delays and controver- sies over the last six months.

madhurima.nandy@ hindustantimes.com

FACTFILE
Total area: 535 acres
Cost of project: 9,250 crore
To Be Rehoused: 3 lakh in 600 buildings

69 percent of the land is oned by BMC,
10% by state & Centre,
21% is private land

CONDITIONS FOR BIDDERS
Experience in building one-acre townships anywhere in the world.
Company net worth at least Rs 600 crore (that is, 30 per cent of the project cost).
Construction experience with an annual construction turnover of Rs 500 crore.
No consortium to get more than one sector, though they can bid for all.
Each consortium can have only 3 parties.

Jai · #3 Posted **May 28, 2007, 11:49 PM**

Pic from DNA Mumbai Epaper of Lower Parel. Look at all that construction

Ashok Towers u/c can easily be seen

James Bond Agent 007 · #4 Posted **Jun 4, 2007, 7:48 AM**

Speaking of the Dharavi project . . .

Hey Jai did you read that article in the current National Geographic on Dharavi? It's a rather interesting read, lots of colorful characters in a place like that.

mars78 · #5 Posted **Jan 18, 2008, 7:54 AM**

Small Bldg at Dadar

PLUS · #6 Posted **May 6, 2008, 7:34 AM**

If taken up on a full scale this will be the best example
Bombay can set for the country

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Construction sites now have childcare centres

Working mums have never had it easy, and the situation is even worse for construction workers who are expected to put in more than eight hour shifts. This situation saw the birth of Mumbai Mobile Creches, an NGO that runs day-centres for the city’s workers. And the facilities and child-care offered are quite up to date. Recently, a six-member delegation arrived from the UK, to provide support and advice.

As of now, the creche has a comprehensive day-care programme, which includes health, education and nutrition. The children are divided into three groups: Creche, which caters to children up to three years; Balvadi, which has three-to six-year-olds; and Non Formal Education (NFE), which minds children from ages six to 12. General manager, Neeja Khajuria, is proud of seeing this dream become a reality “No other NGO in India cooks food and serves it there and then,” she claims.

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In order to safeguard the health of the children, the NGO has enlisted the service of the city’s medical community. A doctor comes in every week so that the children can undergo regular health checkups at the day-care centres.

Currently, Mumbai Mobile Creches reaches out to 4,800 children every year. The new slogan of this NGO is ‘10 by 10′. Their hope is that by 2010, they will be able to reach out to 10,000 children.

The NGO has 20 day-care centres at various construction sites across Mumbai and Thane. The builder provides them with a room at their construction site for running the centre.

Each of these centres is open from 8.45am to 4.45pm, Monday to Saturday.
Dipti Nazareth, who has a five-year-old daughter, said, “These creches are very helpful. At least the children will be in good hands and will not waste time by running around construction sites. They will use their time constructively.” Apart from running day-care centres, the NGO runs a teacher training programme and a community centre.

Builders, too, have chipped in to make the project a success. Mumbai Mobile Creches receives funds from individual donors, corporate houses, builders and the state government. Says Neeta: “Our biggest fund raiser is the Mumbai Marathon, which is held every year in the month of January. If the corporate wants to visit the site, we even arrange for a visit to one of our day-care centres.” Some of the partners include HDFC Bank, Goldman Sachs and ICICI Bank. http://www.propertybytes.com/

Source: DNA

skellergroup · #7 Posted **May 14, 2008, 12:55 AM**

Amazing pics on this thread.

Raheja Waterfront is amazing.

J'aime Toronto · #8 Posted **Aug 19, 2009, 2:58 AM**

BON SoiR...tout le monde

oui oui, beaucoup de chose sont se passer dans la ville de Mumbai, mais que est-ce que le action contre la pollution-la?
mon dieu, quelle odeur!.....il est comme un nnuage grand eet noir qui est partout sous la ville?
QUE EST-CE QUE la ville vas fair sur le polluition et les usines de charbon-la?.....faire quel que chose maintainent!.....notre planete vas mourir a cause de les pays comme le tienne!

megha · #9 Posted **Aug 19, 2009, 9:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by J'aime Toronto

BON SoiR...tout le monde

oui oui, beaucoup de chose sont se passer dans la ville de Mumbai, mais que est-ce que le action contre la pollution-la?
mon dieu, quelle odeur!.....il est comme un nnuage grand eet noir qui est partout sous la ville?
QUE EST-CE QUE la ville vas fair sur le polluition et les usines de charbon-la?.....faire quel que chose maintainent!.....notre planete vas mourir a cause de les pays comme le tienne!

HI J'aime Toronto nice to see u ... But i did not understand what u have written ... can u plss translate in English

megha · #10 Posted **Aug 19, 2009, 9:46 AM**

DLF, India’s largest real estate developer, has emerged as the sole bidder for the 350.71-acre land parcel in Gurgaon put up for DLF. .... Read more ... is DLF was part of delhi metro ?

J'aime Toronto · #11 Posted **Aug 19, 2009, 8:12 PM**

oh sorry, i am not good in englsih but i will try...
i wanted to ask what the india is doing on the pollution problems in the country..
i mean it is really important that something is done soon be cause the planete is in trouble...there is all them buildings going up but where is the "green building techniques?"....i am very interestd to know what the cvountry india is doing there to slow the affects of the worming of the planete..
because from all the stoires that i listened i heard that it is veryt dirty there and there are gharldy any small progrtams like recylincg there.....PLESE DO SOMETHING, BECAUSE OTHER PPL IN TEH WORLD ARE!
thanks you

megha · #12 Posted **Aug 26, 2009, 10:14 AM**

The state government on Tuesday approved the blueprint for the proposed statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in the sea off Marine Drive, and even began the process of appointing a developer for its construction, although it has yet to secure clearance from the Union environmental ministry. ... Read More

MINUS · #13 Posted **Sep 14, 2009, 3:39 PM**

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ardeo is all set to see the construction of a 100-storey tower - slated to be the tallest in the city - as part of a redevelopment project opposite Bhatia Hospital. The first 10 floors of the 325-metre tall building will be reserved for parking.

The Building Proposals Department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently received a proposal for cluster development of the 12,202.44 square metre area, which now has chawls, the Income Tax Office building, the Matru Mandir complex and a few other structures. Besides the 100-storey tower, it will house five 25-storey towers and a 55-storey tower.

“We have received a proposal for the project, and forwarded it to the high-power committee of the Urban Land Ceiling Department. Once the committee approves, it will come back to us for further procedure,” confirmed Ashok Shintre, Chief Engineer, Development Plan department of the BMC.

The seven buildings under the project will have parking space for 1,600 cars. The developer will hand over parking space for 800 cars to the BMC free of cost for public use. The developer will also have to hand over 2,000 square metres of the plot to the BMC for a mandatory recreation ground.

The project will enjoy a Floor Space Index (FSI) of 4, under Section 33(9) of the Development Control Rules. “We encourage cluster development to phase out as many old buildings as we can. This project will get the benefit of maximum FSI under the rules,” Shintre said.

Construction work is due to start within a year. The first five towers will accommodate the 241 occupants of the existing chawls, and also have tenements for project-affected persons (PAP) of BMC and the Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (MHADA). More than 180 occupants of the existing 25-storey tower will be housed in the highest tower, sources said.

“While chawl occupants will be given 300 sq. ft carpet area homes, residents of the 25-storey tower will get 10 per cent more than the area of their existing flats or 1,000 sq. ft, whichever is more. We will also create a corpus fund, the interest on which will take care of maintenance of the towers in future,” said a member of Tropical Realtors Private Limited, the developers undertaking the project.

“The saleable towers will have all modern amenities including swimming pools and gymnasium. Most of the flats will be of approximately 2,500 sq.ft. area. There will be many terrace flats,” said Arun Dube, architect of the project.

Courtesy : Mumbai Mirror