Mumbai: The NAREDCO Progressive Neral-Karjat organized the Manthan Affordable City Initiative, with the intention to provide affordable housing along with proper infrastructure. 'NAREDCO Progressive Neral-Karjat' is the Neral-Karjat chapter of the apex real estate industry body.
Devendra Fadnavis, the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (DCM), on the occasion stated that the government is taking all the necessary steps to provide the necessary infrastructure for the people. “We plan to develop infrastructure, knowledge-based industries, and research centers around the Neral- Karjat region. Considering this the government has taken various infrastructure projects,” he said.
The DCM stated that many of these projects would be completed by the year 2023. The Government is committed to developing Neral-Karjat, Panvel, and NAINA as Mumbai 3.0. “This would offer seamless connectivity to the people of MMR. A representation has also been received to develop the Panvel-Bhimashankar highway and convert it into a Multimodal corridor,” he informed via a video message. He added that the four lanes of Kalyan Badlapur would be extended to Karjat station to facilitate more local service to the growing population.
S V R Srinivas, Additional Chief Secretary & Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA pointed out that the residents of the MMR regions are living in one of the best times. “A lot of infrastructure projects like the Mumbai-Trans Harbour Link project and the Metro projects are either complete or at the completion stage”, he said to those present at the event through a video link.
Gautam Thacker, Chairman, NAREDCO Neral-Karjat said, “With growing urbanization,its imperative that the new city Development Plans ensure they provide seamless connectivity and world class infrastructure while creating job opportunities for inhabitants. Manthan is a platform where the Government, planners and developers come together to draw plans for development of cities, especially in the newer region of MMR like Neral-Karjat, NAINA, Panvel to ensure that each segment of society not only get homes and offices at affordable range but also ensures that the entire ecosystem is affordable.”
Thacker informed that the idea is to develop a carbon neutral region with the proper infrastructure and connected to multi-nodal points which would offer smooth connectivity to the residents there. Which in true sense will be Affordable City providing affordable lifestyle for all the segment of society.
Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani, National Vice Chairman, NAREDCO stated that due to a lot of infrastructure activities undertaken by the government, the center of gravity is constantly shifting. “Imagine, it took almost 60 years to develop 190 km of railways, but in the next 5 years, almost 300 km of Metro rail would be set up” he added.
The President of NAREDCO Neral-Karjat, Dinesh Doshi stated that the mantra today is more about affordable housing. “The government needs to look at more ways to get the infrastructure in place. The lawmakers need to support the city which would go a long way in helping the common man,” he said.
