Did You Say “ Mission Mode “ ?

In DNA ( 08 Dec 2017 ) , I came across following news :

“ Govt to offer perks to develop private land for cheap homes “

Highlights :

·          Housing shortfall in Maharashtra ………… 19.4  lakh

·          Of this, for EWS & LIG categories………….. 18    lakh

·          Land to be selected by bidding by MHADA

·         EWS  =   Annual Income of Rs 3  lakh (  300 sq ft flats  )

·         LIG    =   Annual Income of Rs  6 lakh  (  600 sq ft flats  )

·         Land owner can develop affordable houses under the PPP model or on his own

·         FSI =  2.5

·         Subsidy from Govt under PMAY

·         Land to be free of encumbrances

·         Land should be near a Railway Station / Metro Station / Bus Depot / Schools

·         After land selection, project proposal to be forwarded to Centre for subsidy

I got reminded of what Shri Ravindra Waikar , Minister for Housing , Maharashtra Government , said ( DNA / 16 Aug 2015 ), more than 2 years ago :

"  We want to provide a dream house to everyone by 2020 . We won't compromise on the quality of construction . It will be at par with that of private builders . We are working on a mission mode "

That was when I had sent him following suggestion :

DREAMHOUSE BY 2020 ?

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/09/dream-house-by-2020.html

Highlights :

#   SPECIFICATIONS

     *  Carpet Area = 400 sq ft

     *  Selling Price = Rs 10 lakhs ( Rs 2,500 / sq ft )

#   LOCATIONS

     *  Building Clusters to be located on the outskirts of cities ( important )

     *  100 Clusters of 50 buildings ( each with 10 floors*10 flats/floor )

#   LEGAL FRAME-WORK

     *  A Special Purpose Vehicle ( SPV ) , named,

        Dream House Private Limited ( DHPL )

#   INDUSTRY STATUS

     *  Infrastructure Industry with 100 % FDI thru automatic route

#   SPV OWNERSHIP

      *   10 % equity by Maha Govt ( in lieu of land )

           Maha Govt to pass on this equity to land-owners

      *   90 % equity by WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co ( China )

#   SHARE  CAPITAL

      *   Rs 10,000 Crores

#    ROLE OF MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT

      *  Acquire land ( under modified Land Acquisition Act ) / hand over to SPV

      *  Comprehensive Town Planning of each Cluster like a Smart City

      *  Building Design / Drawings / Material Specs

      *  Quality Control / Material Testing Lab at each site

      *  A Project Monitoring Team at each site / Use of PERT

      *  Site surveillance using CCTV cameras

      *  Make available land for setting up 3D House Printing factories

      *  Interconnection of site offices with HQ , thru VPN

      *  Blanket permissions ( IOD / NOC etc ) issued in advance

      *  OC based on certification from Site Project Manager

      *  Maintenance of flats thru Coop Societies of each cluster

#   COMMERCIALS

     *   Neither SPV , nor Maha Govt to pay any royalty to WinSun for

          transfer of technology

     *   Maha Govt to act as the agency for allotment of flats to eligible public

          in Maharashtra thru a " Lottery System "

  

     *   Selling Price of flats will be fixed by the Maharashtra Government

         once a year , based on a pre-agreed cost - escalation formula, which

         will be explained in detail on SPV web site

          Calculation of each upward revision shall be made public

        

     *   SPV to hand over possession of flat to the allotee upon receipt of

         full payment

     *   SPV shall not be permitted direct selling of any flat in Maharashtra

     *   SPV would be free to set up factories in other States and be free to

          sell flats built there, thru Open Market Sale

#   ROLE  OF  WinSun

     *  Setting up of 20 factories for 3D Printing of flats

     *  Assembling of 3D printed flats at sites

     *  Transfer of 3D house printing technology to Indian project managers /

         site engineers / construction workers

#   TECHNOLOGY

     *  3D ( house ) Printing Technology developed / patented by WinSun

>    WHY  WinSun  ?

     #   On 29 March 2014 , WinSun constructed TEN , 3D printed houses ( 200 sq meter each ) in Shanghai, each costing $ 4,800 ( approx Rs 3 lakh ! )

#    On 17 July 2015 , using its 3D printing technology , WinSun built a 2 storey villa , in just 3 HOURS  !

#    WinSun holds 98 patents for construction materials

#    For 3D printing of houses , WinSun , mostly uses recycled construction materials

#    3D house-printing technology saves,

      *  30% -60 % of building materials

      *  70 % of production time

      *  80 %  of construction cost

#   Egypt Government has placed on WinSun , an order for supplying 20,000 pre-fabricated , 3D printed houses

#   In Egypt , WinSun will establish 12 Dream Factories ( to build pre-fabricated houses ) , within 2 years

     These factories will mostly use desert sand as its main construction material , which was found ideal for 3D printing of houses !

#   In next 3 years , WinSun will set up ( in JV with local parties ) , similar factories in 20 countries , including Saudi Arabia , UAE , Qatar , Mexico , S. Korea , Russia , Morocco , Tunisia , and USA

Dear Shri Waikar :

I am glad that a part of my suggestion is under implementation by the Maharashtra Government

I urge you to consider the balance of my suggestions as well

12  Dec  2017

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