Our MPs feel they are paid too little. Maybe they have a point. However, they aren’t exactly lo-cost. My column on the real estate the government sits on, is here.
As always, your comments are welcome. I also encourage other readers to read the comments as well, as they often add new perspectives to the issue.
Regards,
Chetan
Nice article … keep writing … BTW what happened to u on twitter ? remember twitter ?
Ji, aaj subhe padha TOI main, article holds truth & possibility but in real India execute nahin ho payega, blame the system.
hai…brother…wish to hear from you…when I was upto catch you in twitter..you are away…oops!..I wanted to ask certain questions in writings…I have bundles & bundles of questionS…before that let me ask…WHAT DROVE YOU TO WRITING????
well , its nice article . our youngsters especially political leaders should take initiative . keep writting
Nice article in TOI today Chetan.very well articulated, specially at the end. Having said that, one thing that I am unable to fathom is that the difference in the after effects, of moving the high priced government facades. Eventually, the situation will again be drifting towards the same set of conditions, only at a newer place, at the cost of the capital city. any ideas on this
Dear Chetan,
I really liked the above article. I read it in Times of India editorial. I understand lot of people would be writing to you as critics / admirers.
I am a post-grad in Urban Planning (specialization Housing) by education and consultant in real estate with CBRE by profession. I could not have agreed more with you about Re-development. Different specialists have different views about Re-development such as, What happens to our Urban Heritage, Urban fabric, etc. I am sure you must be aware of Delhi Urban Arts Commission (popularly known as DUAC), the commission responsible for giving NEW DELHI the status, stature, it commands today. Instead of developing new cities at the expense of cultivable lands, higher FAR / FSI oriented re-development is required which further opnes another pandoras box, How will the infrastructure facilitate such as Re-development? Its not that we don’t have answers for that problem, but its just we don’t wish to hear/look at them.
I come from Chandigarh city, India’s first planned city. I see my city going to ruins, reason, not enough land to expand and accommodate the exponential growth. Our policy makres have forgotten one thing ‘Land is the most scarse resource’ especially in India it is even more. The Minister of Urban Development has no vision for our cities, for towns, villages. The lack of vision will convert our villages, towns, cities, metropolitan cities and megapolitan cities into a nightmare. I understand you have lived in Singapore, where the land is most precious resource and the best part is how they have managed to accommodate so much development. It’s not the geographical area of the city which makes it megacity, but it’s socio-economic-financial and environmental viability.
In the end I would like to say, we need to learn and engrave one thing in mind that only thing that has survived time is CHANGE. We need to accept the change and evolve as better society.
Regards
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liked the article although i thought a little more emphasis on how shifting govt. offices will impact inflation and ease pressure on property rates would have been nice. i felt it was a little vague but hats off to you for tackling an issue not thought about by most of us, including “think tanks”
..keep writing !
Brilliant!! our govt. Should be run by professionals like iims and MBAs
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It is nice idea to use the land judiously side by side you articulated how it can improve our economy. But it is not so simple in our country. For example as there is no support to idea for introducing alternate mass rapid transport system in the cities where we can see a upward swing in four wheeler demand consequently demand in oil again a story of more import of oil,subsidy, rising oil prices. For implementing these ideas can you suggest your views? waiting for reply
You know, I read all these editorials that all you intellects publish, but at the end of the day its just what you think should be done. And just because some of you have a brand name, it goes as the editorial on the news paper. But is it really going to transcribe into some real actions. I don’t think so, writing editorials should bring action that transform the life’s of the common man, look at Nilkani, the guy wrote a book on India and now heads UID, that’s where the difference comes my friend, actions, not words. I know you just write, but will that bring any difference. Also if all these M.P’s go to Noida, what happens to their security, every time these fools want to go to the airport, their convoys will cause nothing but traffic jams, plus if some jack ass wants to blow them up, he will take some rich delhites down with them and then the whole nation will say,we should have never moved them in the first place. Poor Soul – may he rest in peace.On second thought, your article makes sense, put all of them in one high rise, and make the terrorists job a lot easier ( mind you his productivity and efficiency will go up as well).
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hello sir,
article was as usual very informative and good one. i dont have any knowledge abt real state and the amt of land shared by indian politicians. but the facts that u have mentioned in ur article is reallu shocking,,,,soorry to say but i also feel very angry when i see large amt of land being provided for places like vijay path and all….i dont mahatma gandhi wrote any thing before dying that he wants a piece of land after his death….nor does nehru …
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oh ! really i find u, me a big fan of u ,read all ur novels except two states. On monday i will purchge a copy of it, i always red ur coloumns last one in a hindi news papar about official use of government land ur plan to change think tank to gurgaon i dont like it,ur argument to support ur comment r not enough pl dont mind it .
HAV U READMY COMENT I KNOW U DIDNT U DONT HAV TIME BECOUSE U R VERY BUSY PERSON NOT PROBLEM WHEN U READ PL REPLY MY EMAIL I M WAITING 4 UR ANS.
Mr. Bhagat, though I’ve enjoyed reading your books, I’m afraid I don’t quite agree with you on this issue. Extrapolating your idea, is the editor of a National Daily, who advocated selling all th land adjoining the road towards India Gate and Rashtrapati Bhawan to commercial development.
In the same boat, is Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani, a billionaire builder in Mumbai, who once publicly advocated razing down the Sanjay Gandhi national park (and it’s leopards) to build apartments. A few years back, Maharashtra’s revenue minister also suggested selling off the iconic Mahalaxmi Race-course and the Shivaji Park to get over Maharashtra’s 1 lakh crore debt !!
Is selling the country’s limited, finite and precious land (and landmarks) to the builder mafia correct ? If yes, then sell-off the area around the Taj, the Konark temple, Dharamsala, Sikkim, Assamese wild-life sanctuaries…….and hey, even the Gir lion sanctuary !