India Developing, but still a long way to go

[1ndy]

what is wrong with the upper part of the picture?Power outage？

sawan ke andhe ko sab kuch hara hara (green) nazar ata hai...

can't you see the clouds???

 

[AnmolSingh]

Delhi
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[IndoCarib]

Mumbai

 

[luckych]

hyderabad

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Mumbai

There are a lot more glass buildings in the works or under construction.

 

[Abingdonboy]

 

[AnmolSingh]

Mumbai streets
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[AnmolSingh]

Ferrari poses at President estate in Delhi


ferrari-458-italia-new-delhi-parliament by Indian Rockstars, on Flickr



ferrari-458-italia-in-front-of-presidents-new-delhi-home by Indian Rockstars, on Flicker

 

[ghameed]

all credits to original photographer (Pragadish from flickr)

left : The oldest Tech park in Chennai ( more than 10 years old) , the Tidel Park

Right : Ramanujan IT park with Convention centre. On completion this IT park will have around 5-6 million sqft of A grade workspace.

 

[Dushmann]

Not exactly development work; but a new landmark in Mumbai and a potential tourist attraction. You can see it from the plane.

Global Vipassana Pagoda

It has been designed as a replica of the Shwedagon Pagoda of Yangon, Myanmar to show the gratitude of India to Myanmar for preserving the non-sectarian Vipassana Meditation, in its pristine purity, when it was lost in the country of its birth, India.
The genuine relics of the Buddha are enshrined here.
It is one of the largest stone monuments in Asia.
The technique of inter-locking stones is used to construct the monument. This negates the need for any pillars in the construction of the Pagoda.
It contains the biggest pillar-less stone dome on earth. It is more than thrice the size of the previously largest stone dome structure - the Gol Gumbaz in Bijapur (90 feet in diameter).
At its centre is a huge meditation hall, 280 feet in diameter which has a seating capacity of 8000 people.
At 325 feet height, it is almost as tall as a 30 storey building.
Approximately 2.5 million tons of stone was used in the construction.
3.87 million man-days were required to complete the monument.
It took 11 years to finish. The foundation stone was laid in October 1997 and the construction was completed in November 2008.
The construction work progressed without interruption supported selflessly by Vipassana meditators and devotees from around the world.
It is expected to exist as a beacon of Peace and Harmony for the next 1000 years.
Fact and Figures | Global Vipassana Pagoda

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Architects MQA tries to rectify urban issues in Mumbai with Bhendi Bazaar concept

This 16 acre & 3000 cr majestic project is the largest urban renewal project in India. Designed by Mandviwala Qutub & Associates, it is conceptualised to help turn a squalid city pocket into a ‘green haven’ without burdening Mumbai's shaky infrastructure. It looks to uplift the living standards of 4,000 homes and 2,000 businesses, changing the face of the old city centre with its crumbling infrastructure, poor sanitation, inhabitable buildings and lack of public green spaces and replacing it with habitable homes with cultural and community spaces and better infrastructure.

Located in the 'C' ward of South Mumbai, the site is centrally placed between the Central and Harbour Railway Lines and is 21km away from Mumbai International Airport. It is flanked on the East side by the J.J. flyover which acts as the connecting link between the North and South of the city. The site is a conglomeration of a century-old commercial and residential development and lies on the thin line between multiplicity and chaos.

This project attempts to bring in orderliness to the existing fabric of Bhendi Bazar without losing out on the essence and character of 20th-century neighbourhood. This looks to provide the residents with new ownership apartments; to offering wider roads, 50 % more open spaces, well lit houses with parking facilities, amenities, community spaces and shops; and in doing all this maintain religious structures within the site. The project takes a step towards an environmentally-friendly Mumbai.

Buildings step up progressively from north to south thus ensuring South-Westerly breeze flow across the site. Mandviwala Qutub & Associates looks to maintain cultural vitality through bazaar shopping, pedestrian plazas, wide footpaths and interactive green pockets within building. Another noteworthy feature is the Indian traditional courtyard planning for shopping areas that creates maximum street front and breaks the monotony of the linear planning. The culture of Bhendi Bazar will be enhanced with this Pedestrian Walkway from North to South.

The basic concept of the planning is to replicate the feel of ‘Fatemi Architecture’ and to uplift the socio cultural habitat of the ‘Bhendi Bazaar’ area. Layout has been divided in three parts such as religious structures like Roza complex, rehab area, sale area. It is been further divided in six clusters for the better infrastructure, creating 18m wide North-South and East-West avenues. The various elements of Fatemi architecture such as Colonnade Archways, Elegant Domes, simple pointed Arches, blank walls with arch punctures have been incorporated.

Each cluster has its own Courtyard spaces for people to gather during Milad, Eid and Mohorram. Terraces on the amenity level will give public space to overlook the cultural activities. The skyline has been maintained in such a manner that it concentrates on the symbolic identity ‘Roza’, restoring its religious value.

The structural module is a combination of the green pockets at the ground level creating the community spaces, and the green terraces at the intermediate levels. The intermediate green terrace levels are formed so as to create a rhythm in hierarchy. Hierarchy of buildings varying from 15 storeys around Roza and merging with skyline of the sale towers.

 

[r1MM0n]

Rajkot

 

[dollarman]

Navi Mumbai

 

[dollarman]

More Navi Mumbai

 

[patentneer]

Orchid Tower Mumbai Central (E)

Construction of Orchid Tower A & B Wing is being executed at Mumbai central for Neelkamal Realtors & Erectors India Pvt. Ltd.

• Duration of the project is 18 months
• Total cost of the project is Rs. 85 crores only !

Some skyline coming up.

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Indian Railways on recruitment drive, on track to hire over 1 lakh personnel this year

An economic slowdown may be affecting the rest of the economy, but the railways seems to have taken little notice of it. The country's largest employer is on track to hire over one lakh personnel this year (around 1.17 lakh to be precise), in its critical Group C and Group D posts which cover jobs ranging from station masters to technical and track supervisors to train drivers and vital safety staff.

That's a quantum jump from the around 95000 personnel hired over the last two years in these categories. "And for future vacancies too, which are likely to arise over a two year timeframe, fresh recruitment process has also been set in motion," says a railway official. About 40,000 employees either retire or die or superannuate every year and must be replaced.

Railway recruitment took a big hit in 2008 due to a combination of events - in October 2008, candidates for the railway recruitment board exam were assaulted at Mumbai railway station by Maharastra Navnirman Sena activists. This was followed in a few months by leaks of question papers for railway exams in Allahabad and Ajmer, in late 2008 and early 2009 and then in Mumbai in 2010. Then there were elections in 2008, 2009, and in 2011.

In 2009, the railways began a revamp of the recruitment process. And a big chunk of the recruitment in the last two years or so was to make up for the delay in 2009 and 2010. In 2011-12, about 23,000 Group C vacancies were filled - this year that number is expected to go upto 32,000.

In comparison, Group C recruitments in earlier years were less than half that. There was just one exam conducted in 2011 - in 2012, there have been 10 so far for Group C posts. And exams for Group D recruitment will add another 85,000 personnel.The focus has been to clear the backlog and improve the process of recruitment," says another senior railway officer. Changes have included scheduling exams for the same post on the same day across the country.

This simple, and in retrospect obvious move had a number of benefits. Earlier, candidates would hop from one centre to the next to sit an exam for the same post held on different days- this in turn meant that they could pass the exam in multiple places but be selectedfor only one, thus leaving vacancies in other centres unfilled.

With the change, candidates now tend to select exam centres closer to home, thus leading to a lower chance of a repeat of the incidents of Mumbai. The change has also meant a fall in the number of candidates sitting for the exam overall (since a candidate can apply to only one centre) - making exam logistics more manageable. Other changes have been made to the exam process to check impersonation of candidates and cheating.

But the logistics still remain huge. Around 1.2 crore candidates will sit for the railway exams this year.
(c) http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...-personnel-this-year/articleshow/16886002.cms

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