India Developing, but still a long way to go

[Water Car Engineer]

 

[jha]

Kolkata

Eden City 70 Lacs Sq Feet Project...more than 5000 apartments,,,just booked one

So, We are neighbours..

 

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And all the Indians walking around!! lol!!

There are few areas with large South Asian population.

Construction of country's biggest mall to be completed by 2016: DLF

NEW DELHI: DLF is set to build India's largest mega mall, a 4-million square feet promenade in Gurgaon, that's being touted as the country's answer to the huge malls that are coming up in China.

India's largest real estate builder will invest Rs 2,000 crore on the project, which compares with the world's largest 7-million sq ft New South China mall in Dongguan and is bigger than the 1.5-million sq ft Great India Place mall in Noida - the largest mall in India, a senior official at DLF, who did not wish to be named, said.

The mall was originally planned in 2005 to be completed by 2007 when it would have been the largest in the world, but it was put on the back burner as demand waned. Since then quite a few big malls with 6-7 million sq ft area have come up in China.

DLF did not respond to an email sent by ET.

The official quoted earlier said construction work at the site will begin as soon as DLF's 1.8 million sq ft mall in Noida is operational in the next 10-12 months.

The builder is relying on the fact that the mall's opening in 2015-16 will coincide with the entry of a number of new retailers and brands into the country with the opening up of foreign direct investment in single and multi-brand retail.

"By then, the rapid metro for Gurgaon and DLF's new 16-lane road would also be operational, feeding traffic into the new mall," said the official. A station on the new rapid metro will be integrated with the mall to bring in footfalls. The mall is being planned as a large retail district with a combination of open and indoor spaces.

 

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[patentneer]

India must be developing, to wit:

"Steel Authority of India Limited -SAIL, is one of the largest state-owned steel makers in India. Apublic sector undertaking with an annual production of 13.5 million metric tons,
SAIL is the 14th largest steel producer in the world.

With a turnover of 48,681 crore (US$8.81 billion), the company is among the top five highest profitearning corporates of the country.

Major plants owned by SAIL are located at Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela, Burnpur (near Asansol) and Salem. SAIL is investing Rs 21000 crore in West Bengal, to set up a wagon factory.[3] SAIL is a public sector company, owned and operated by the Government of India. According to a recent survey, SAIL is one of India's fastest growing Public Sector Units. Besides, it has R&D centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS), Centre for Engineering and Technology (CET), Management Training Institute (MTI) and SAIL Safety Organization (SSO) located at Ranchi capital of Jharkhand.
" - Wiki

I ran a quick google & wiki search re: SAIL's 1/2 dozen plants. Booming, in Global terms. SAIL plants are upgrading, usually doubling in cap. They also act as nodules attracting Global biggies pouring $ mega Billions in the sorrounding area putting up steel and downstream ancillary plants eg. pipe plant for a $ Billion or two etc. Incredible.

^^^

Not only is it now listed on stock exchanges, a govt. Co. returning a profit ?

Correct to compare SAIL to Pak Steel, both obnoxious, bloated and a political curse on the ppl.
Pak Steel tits-up is well known, but SAIL also employs over 1 lakh Vs. < 1/5'th @ Tata Steel.

- I repeat, India MUST be ... developing.

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Yamuna X-pressway
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New, Cheap Mahindra
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High Points

&#8226; Badged as the QUANTO. This continues with Mahindra's tradition of UV names ending with an "o" (Bolero, Xylo, Scorpio etc.).

&#8226; Looks far better than the regular Xylo which has an ungainly rear end. Here, the design is tighter.

&#8226; Launch around or before Diwali.

&#8226; Spare wheel mounted on the tail-gate to give it an "SUV" look, rather than MUV.

&#8226; 7 seater version confirmed! 3rd row of seats are the side-folding type and entry is from the tail-gate. They get butterfly windows (as seen in the pictures below).

&#8226; Length is less than 4 meters - without the spare wheel - thus, the mini-Xylo falls in the lower 12% excise slab. India's first <4 meter MUV.

&#8226; Zero luggage space with 7 passengers. Fold the 3rd row away for cargo.

&#8226; 1.5L common-rail diesel engine confirmed.

&#8226; Shock pricing strategy starting at 5 - 6 lakhs for the base. Development costs were minimal, as it's based on the 3 year old Xylo. Then, there is the smaller (cheaper) engine and lower excise duties. Mahindra badly wants the mini-Xylo to succeed as the full size Xylo has had an ordinary market run (~2,300 units per month).

&#8226; The vehicle is now ready for production.

&#8226; Interiors to benefit from the improvements of the facelift Xylo (Link (PICS : The 2012 Mahindra Xylo Facelift Launch))

&#8226; Top variant gets ABS, airbags, 6-spoke alloy wheels, steering-mounted audio controls, bluetooth compatibility, height-adjustable driver's seat, reverse parking assist, adjustable lumbar support and center armrest for driver & front passenger. Maybe leather seats & voice commands too.

&#8226; Full credit to Kaps for providing these pictures.

(c) post by GTO on bhp : http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/indian-car-scene/125376-scoop-pics-mahindra-quanto-mini-xylo.html

Below is the Mahindra Bolero, India's largest selling utility vehicle
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[luckych]

pune



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[patentneer]

Khed Sub-City, Pune
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Pune is really booming.

Meanwhile, Delhi NCR-Scumacher Tower
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Crescent Bay, Parel
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Bombay Work-In-Progress
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Photo copyright: Jagan S, posted 22 Aug. 2012 @ :
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624449&page=11

 

[patentneer]

Upcoming Mahindra Vehicles & Factory
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Above is not science fiction but ground reality of Mahindra's buy Reva Electric Co. which has it's own Global fan base. Mahindra bought the Co. and injected cash, built a factory etc. Results ^^.

Best news, prices are < 5 Lakh for the electric and ~ 5-7 Lakh for the mini Xylo. Sensational if they get it right, Mahindra should be a case study on how to scale up by hook or by crook to turn into a proper auto giant. Mahindra used to spit out bang-bang Willy's jeeps for dog years. Now, it's got vehicles in almost every single segment plus exports tractors and utility vehicles, even to US!

India is loaded with steel. Large scale auto manufacturing is a natural progression. Same with shipbuilding, rail coach manufacture, steel pipe, domestic white goods and other steel based works. Demand, engineers, technology and semi-skilled labour also aplenty. Steel is huge in India!

 

[luckych]

new town,kolkata

 

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Leh Airport
By sino238, on Flickr

Srinagar - Leh Higway (NH1)

 

[Gurmani]

very nice.

 

[patentneer]

I'm still not used to this thing called Indian highways!

The said imagery being big, American style ... actually not!

Let me try again. Infrastructure, specially highway imagery, is American media dominated in everyone's mind. One hardly thinks of Jordanian or Mongolian highways.

Point being teh images of Indian highways, roads, infrastructure etc. are all so new, the association is still not automatic.

The following trafic jam for example is confusing because the roads look well built, but the traffic is all Asian sub-compacts. This was only partially visible in older Bollywood movies, usually Marine Drive in Bombay.

Highway wise Pak. Karakoram makes a memorable impression, however, re: India, it's easier to think Taj Mahal or Nariman Point rather than all new Indian roads full of Indian, Jap. & Korean vehicles.

And the lone motorcyclist or off roader on the Jammu & Kashmir highway above throw's the mind .

Delhi Traffic Jam
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(c) http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/3813/delhitrafficjam2294763k.jpg

 

[Water Car Engineer]

slums!

New Mumbai Metro pics

New Bangalore Metro pics

One of the Bangalore metros stations

 

[patentneer]

slums!

^^^

Some call it slums, other anpad type's call it basti.
Bole to, $ Billions in land holding, waiting for value un-lock, political mc-bc property buisness, Bombay 'ishtyle. Such is the modus operandus of our 'builder mafia' thanks to old school leftist, socialism.

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That EMU is wonderfull, in the Indian context.

Indian Railways may have turned into the world's largest pogey run, wisely, it turns an official profit. They are smart enough not to kill the golden goose altogether, rather it's improving.

Meanwhile, Tata Motors' hit bulls eye with Jagaur-Land Rover buy-out.
While Tata Motors division posted a record $ 3 Billion profit, 90 % of that came from it's UK Jag, LR buy! Shocking, because the vast majority of it's operations are India based. It's $ 3 Billion is more like 30 Billion in PPP terms. Jackpot!

In all condour it has invested heavily in Jag & LR, maybe at cost to the parent Tata Motor's Indian operations. Who knows, their Nano flip-flip is plenty compensated by all other in-house vehicle brand families and they even have some bumper hit brand families like the Tata Ace range. All this in the past 10-12 yrs.

In same time period, the Indian auto industry has boomed and established. Now it's consolidation time, fighting for market share time. Indian Co.'s gobbled up major Global Co.'s with buys across the Americas, EU, Asia and Australia ( Mahindra with aero Co.'s)

Well done.

 

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I'm still not used to this thing called Indian highways!

Rush Hour and add rain to it...perfect mixture to bring down the best of the road infrastructure to a stand still.

Some call it slums, other anpad type's call it basti.
Bole to, $ Billions in land holding, waiting for value un-lock, political mc-bc property buisness, Bombay 'ishtyle. Such is the modus operandus of our 'builder mafia' thanks to old school leftist, socialism.

Slum dwellers are not owners of the land but government does provide them housing facility when they are rehabilitated.