NAME- PRATYUSHA CHAKRABORTY, CITIES &GOVERNANCE
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2. New town development in a city of my choice ,
THE “INCLUSIVE” REAL ESTATE
INTRODUCTION
According to the India: Urban Poverty Report, the urban population in India is growing at a
rate faster than the total population, and by 2030, 41% of the country's people will live in
cities and towns(Bhattacharya and Sanyal,2011). The country already has major deficits in
infrastructure and basic civic amenities and with growing urbanization , it will take a toll on
the Indian urban economies and eventually on the total urban health. So, the
government ,in order to cope up with the crisis ,started promoting development of “new
townships” closer to the metropolises in an attempt to decentralize them.
Through this essay, I’m going to examine the development of a “New town” in the Indian
city of Pune. The city of Pune has been growing rapidly, leading to overcrowding and
increased demand for houses and services. New townships can handle this growth in a
planned manner.
The new township that I am going to discuss in this essay is about the Magarpatta City ,a
sustainable township project near Pune, India.
The Magarpatta city is an excellent example of Inclusive Model of Growth, formed from the
vision of 120 farmers who pooled their agricultural lands in order to become shareholders in
a development company.
THE VISION
India is,to till date an agriculturally dominant country and almost 65% of the population is
engaged in agricultural activities. Having your own land is not just about financial or social
status but actually a major source of income for most of the people out there. Therefore, it is
getting difficult for most of the industries to set up factories or any project as they are facing
resistance from the farmers or land owners since their establishment is leading to large scale
displacement of their families [Shukla,2013] and even if they are getting compensations, that
compensation is so less that its not enough for the farmer’s families to sustain.
, But this idea of threat of displacement was completely changed when Satish Magar, a well
read agriculturally trained farmer, along with 120 farmers led the push to pool land and set up
their own urban township project.
Satish Magar and the Magarpatta farmers saw an opportunity where many others only saw an
intractable problem by choosing partnership instead of displacement. During the 1990s, as
rapid growth in Pune threatened the land of Satish Magar and the farmers of Magarpatta with
private developers and the government, Satish Magar, the largest individual landowner and
an educated farmer, proposed to combine individual parcels of land into the Magarpatta
Township Development and Construction Company (MTDCC). Instead of selling their land
to a developer, individual farmers became shareholders and were permitted to remain a
shareholder in proportion to their original landholding, which granted legal ownership and
dividends for income-generating businesses with the opportunity for heirs to own a share of
the dividend income. Although the farmers were uncertain at first, they followed Satish
Magar's vision of a planned township, like that of Chandigarh or Navi Mumbai, where they
were to become shareholders in a new township as well as benefit from professional
residential space, work, contracts, and rent for decades to come. By employing this
inclusionary model, farmers evolved into entrepreneurs and co-creators of a world-class
township while preserving their dignity as farm workers, protecting their land, and in the
future, providing wealth to generations to come.
The township has been designed around five key principles, which are: a clean and
sustainable environment, a good quality of life, a modern education system, a modern
workplace, and a reliable level of security. These principles were identified as necessities for
the new millennium. The township was planned around five core elements: a clean and
sustainable environment, good living standards, a modern educational system, state-of-the-
art working conditions, and reliable security, as advised by Ravi Paranjape, a renowned
artist .Satish Magar and his consulting architect travelled extensively to gather ideas. They
visited places like San Jose, Malaysia, Singapore, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Bangalore to
study urban planning and township designs (Gupta,2012)The planning features included
thoughtfully designed domestic clusters and homes, large commercial developments like the
Destination Centre and the Mega Centre and the Cybercity IT Park that provides 6 million
square feet of information technology space that attracted blue chip companies from around
the world including Accenture and John Deere. To create a complete living environment, the
township included schools, a multidisciplinary hospital, a police station and community
amenities. Approximately 30 percent of the land was kept green, with the gardens named
ROLL-H2025CG006
2. New town development in a city of my choice ,
THE “INCLUSIVE” REAL ESTATE
INTRODUCTION
According to the India: Urban Poverty Report, the urban population in India is growing at a
rate faster than the total population, and by 2030, 41% of the country's people will live in
cities and towns(Bhattacharya and Sanyal,2011). The country already has major deficits in
infrastructure and basic civic amenities and with growing urbanization , it will take a toll on
the Indian urban economies and eventually on the total urban health. So, the
government ,in order to cope up with the crisis ,started promoting development of “new
townships” closer to the metropolises in an attempt to decentralize them.
Through this essay, I’m going to examine the development of a “New town” in the Indian
city of Pune. The city of Pune has been growing rapidly, leading to overcrowding and
increased demand for houses and services. New townships can handle this growth in a
planned manner.
The new township that I am going to discuss in this essay is about the Magarpatta City ,a
sustainable township project near Pune, India.
The Magarpatta city is an excellent example of Inclusive Model of Growth, formed from the
vision of 120 farmers who pooled their agricultural lands in order to become shareholders in
a development company.
THE VISION
India is,to till date an agriculturally dominant country and almost 65% of the population is
engaged in agricultural activities. Having your own land is not just about financial or social
status but actually a major source of income for most of the people out there. Therefore, it is
getting difficult for most of the industries to set up factories or any project as they are facing
resistance from the farmers or land owners since their establishment is leading to large scale
displacement of their families [Shukla,2013] and even if they are getting compensations, that
compensation is so less that its not enough for the farmer’s families to sustain.
, But this idea of threat of displacement was completely changed when Satish Magar, a well
read agriculturally trained farmer, along with 120 farmers led the push to pool land and set up
their own urban township project.
Satish Magar and the Magarpatta farmers saw an opportunity where many others only saw an
intractable problem by choosing partnership instead of displacement. During the 1990s, as
rapid growth in Pune threatened the land of Satish Magar and the farmers of Magarpatta with
private developers and the government, Satish Magar, the largest individual landowner and
an educated farmer, proposed to combine individual parcels of land into the Magarpatta
Township Development and Construction Company (MTDCC). Instead of selling their land
to a developer, individual farmers became shareholders and were permitted to remain a
shareholder in proportion to their original landholding, which granted legal ownership and
dividends for income-generating businesses with the opportunity for heirs to own a share of
the dividend income. Although the farmers were uncertain at first, they followed Satish
Magar's vision of a planned township, like that of Chandigarh or Navi Mumbai, where they
were to become shareholders in a new township as well as benefit from professional
residential space, work, contracts, and rent for decades to come. By employing this
inclusionary model, farmers evolved into entrepreneurs and co-creators of a world-class
township while preserving their dignity as farm workers, protecting their land, and in the
future, providing wealth to generations to come.
The township has been designed around five key principles, which are: a clean and
sustainable environment, a good quality of life, a modern education system, a modern
workplace, and a reliable level of security. These principles were identified as necessities for
the new millennium. The township was planned around five core elements: a clean and
sustainable environment, good living standards, a modern educational system, state-of-the-
art working conditions, and reliable security, as advised by Ravi Paranjape, a renowned
artist .Satish Magar and his consulting architect travelled extensively to gather ideas. They
visited places like San Jose, Malaysia, Singapore, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Bangalore to
study urban planning and township designs (Gupta,2012)The planning features included
thoughtfully designed domestic clusters and homes, large commercial developments like the
Destination Centre and the Mega Centre and the Cybercity IT Park that provides 6 million
square feet of information technology space that attracted blue chip companies from around
the world including Accenture and John Deere. To create a complete living environment, the
township included schools, a multidisciplinary hospital, a police station and community
amenities. Approximately 30 percent of the land was kept green, with the gardens named
