Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday 11 December 2017

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 :





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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