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Today is the date of pre-bid discussion for Architect Firms for the proposed Nazrul Academy. I will brief them.
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Here is a photo that appeared in today's Pratidin:
Friday, February 3, 2012
Financial Hub - Meeting with Chairman NABARD
Yesterday and the day before, I have been discussing intensely on the best way forward for Financial Hub in New Town. I discussed at depth with our new Creative Consultant (Lintas) and our JV Advisor (BUIDL). Yesterday morning, I had a detailed discussion with Dr Prakash Bakshi, Chairman NABARD at the office chamber of Chief Secretary at Writers' Buildings.
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Today is the date of pre-bid discussion for Architect Firms for the proposed Nazrul Academy. I will brief them.
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Here is a photo that appeared in today's Pratidin:
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Today is the date of pre-bid discussion for Architect Firms for the proposed Nazrul Academy. I will brief them.
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Here is a photo that appeared in today's Pratidin:
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ReplyDeleteGIFT in Gujrat can be a good model as it is coming up now contrary to BKC which was established much before..so their problems and solutions are much recent...
ReplyDeleteSir one theme can be to go vertical for the entire financial hub since our initial land corpus is small...also the cluster approach can be extended for this as it can create a sustainable ecosystem..
Even urging IIM to extend their campus within the hub can be eye catching..
We don't hear much on relaxing the FSI for some specific areas..Sir please let us know if already any steps have been taken..its hightime to grow vertical than our great flat bread expansion..
@Abhishek: You probably have seen his earlier posts on FSI/FAR on this blog-
ReplyDeletehttp://principalsecretarysblog.blogspot.in/2011/10/at-delhi-today.html
Mr Sen may be able to provide us the latest update, but from those posts it was evident that discussions were with UD@Center for a different FSI for Newtown was on.
Going vertical on specific area is a good idea specially when urban land is a scarce resource, but needs to be supported by infrastructure as well as tools like TDR to balance it out against concerns related to uncontrolled growth and keeping the city greener. My 2 cents.
Thanks Avik for the link...glad to know that discussion was already on...may be we should wait for some update from Mr. Sen..you are absolutely correct on the supported infra part...luckily in case of Newtown we have the scope of planned predicted and controlled growth as things are new..
ReplyDeleteapart from very big cities like NY etc. most of the cities in US have this concentrated downtown concept in may be 1000 acres with reasonably high FSI...may be cities like us where land is no luxury, a serious thought should be given..
Finally it comes! Financial Hub is planned to get kick-started by second week of March with a mega event....
ReplyDeleteHIDCO floated multiple tenders for managing and advertising the event/hub and the website quotes:
"The West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (WBHIDCO), a Government of West Bengal Undertaking, is currently developing an International Financial Hub spread over a 25 acre cluster (in the first phase), the first of its kind in Eastern India at New Town, Kolkata. A major step towards the economic development of the region, the International Financial Hub will be fully equipted to attract the banks/financial institutions whose participation will place the State firmly on the global business map. The foundation stone of the International Financial Hub will be laid at a high profile event slated sometime in the second week of March 2012. The event will attract participation from top bankers and leaders in the financial/business arena besides leading political and film personalities."