The greatest government-funded housing project for the impoverished in Asia, "KCR nagar," is wonderful in every way. All of the equipment utilised in this enormous housing complex is of premium brands and ISI approved, including Schindler lifts, Kirloskar pumping motors, KOEL backup power generators, fire alarm systems for each level and surveillance cameras.
Even the greatest private gated communities on the outskirts of hyderabad do not offer the amenities set up for the beneficiaries at kcr nagar, Ramachandrapuram. This is not an exaggeration. Free of charge. The telangana government's largest housing complex was officially opened by chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on thursday by publicly transferring ownership paperwork to six recipients. The facility, which was constructed as a part of the government's major programmes, contains several first-rate characteristics.
The 234 lifts that have been placed in the 117 tall buildings are all high-end models that have also been employed in the newly built BR Ambedkar telangana State secretariat and the Chief Minister's camp office. About Rs. 20 lakh is spent on each lift. According to K suresh Kumar, an officer on special duty in housing, there were no compromises made regarding the brand-named equipment's quality or usage. Similar to this, each block has a backup generator to operate the elevators and hallway lighting in the event of a power outage. The average cost of a generator is Rs. 4 lakh.
The development contains 15,660 double-bedroom homes scattered across 145 acres. Of these, 14% of the land is utilised to construct 17 blocks, 23% for roads, drainage, and walkways, 25% for vegetation such parks, playgrounds, and open spaces, and 38% is set aside for future social infrastructure development projects.
KCR nagar is undoubtedly a well-planned urban agglomeration given the large roadways ranging from six metres to 36 metres in width, extensive green lung areas with 31,000 plantings, community halls spread out over 9,600 square feet, and three shopping complexes inside the housing complex.

This complex's entire built-up space is 97 lakh square feet, or around 20 acres, as ventilation was given more of a priority. According to the official, if this were a private gated community, an extra 50 lakh square feet of built-up space would have been erected in the same location with a greater emphasis on building more apartments.

This housing complex serves as an example for others, including private housing developments, in many ways. In terms of the number of apartments, this complex may be the first government-funded housing project where the whole electrical cable network is installed underground in RCC ducts. Visitors can't locate a single cable hanging anywhere on the property.

There is a specific provision for such operations in the ducts and that too underground, thus it is not permissible here to dig up roads or pavements to lay power lines, internet cables, or surveillance cables. In addition to this, there are stormwater box drains with tiled pedestrian paths extending 10.55 km and an underground drainage system with a length of 10.60 km. 138 security cameras are now in place, and the property will soon have a lot more added. There is a clause that allows for the construction of a police station or even an exclusive police outpost. There is enough room set aside for this.

All the tools and supplies used to build the housing complex, including the bricks, electricity panel boards in the blocks, and firefighting systems, were examined by independent organisations, including specialists from EPTRI, JNTU, and Osmania University. In order to guarantee that high-quality materials were utilised in the building, a full-fledged quality control lab was established on the property.

Maintenance of the Blocks
Since all of the two-bedroom houses were given away for free to the less fortunate, maintaining such a sizable housing complex may be difficult. Officials built three retail centres with 118 stores to solve the issue. A nine MLD Enhanced Moving Bed Bio reactor sewage treatment facility has also been built on the property, aside from this. The sewage sludge produced by the plant might be sold in the market in addition to being used to water the seedlings. Lifts and other amenities will be regularly maintained using the revenue generated by the retailers. There are 117 blocks in the complex, therefore block-by-block resident groups will be established for improved facility upkeep.

Unlike the past, telangana govt provides free and suitable houses for poor
Homes for the poor were built in the past, but they were rarely suited for comfortable living. The average size of a unit under the VAMBAY project was 237 square feet, whereas it was 338 square feet in the JNNURM design. The 560 square foot residence belonging to the telangana government has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a living area, and a balcony.

Additionally, each unit cost Rs. 60,000 under the VAMBAY programme and between Rs. 1.28 lakh and Rs. 1.60 lakh under the JNNURM programme. The telangana government invests roughly Rs. 8.65 lakh each unit, including Rs. 70,000 for ghmc limited infrastructure development.

In contrast to the past, where there were no parking facilities or lifts, double bedroom apartment complexes now provide parks and playgrounds in addition to enough space for two vehicles. Beneficiaries no longer have to pay a fraction of the unit cost, as was the case in the past, according to the telangana administration.

Some of the facilities at kcr Nagar

– Watchman quarters in each block
– Sensor-based floor wise fire alarm system
– Provision for setting up fuel station, integrated hospital, indoor sports complex, anganwadi centres, banks, ATMs and post office
– Total Vaccum Dewatered Cement Concrete road length covering 13.50 kms
– 33 / 11 KV substation and 137 distribution transformers
– Longitudinal and cross ducts provided to run service lines to avoid future road cuttings.
– 10.05 kms drinking water pipe network
– Water storage facility of total 21,000 Kilo Litres (12 UG sumps of total 12,500 KL and one ELSR with 750 KL).




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24/06/2023 07:20 AM