Construction of multi-storied
residential apartments has gained pace in cities such as Berhampur, Sambalpur,
Balasore and Jharsuguda, which boasted only of standalone houses built by
individual owners till recently. Contrary to real estate development centered
around the Cuttack-Puri-Bhubaneswar triangle alone earlier, several residential
projects are coming up in Berhampur, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Balasore, among
other towns. Apart from individual merits of certain towns because of
industrial activities around them and their strategic locations, apartment
culture is picking up across Odisha towns, industry insiders said.
Around 50 apartments with a total
of 10,000 dwelling units are under different stages of construction in
Berhampur alone. "People prefer apartments and planned constructions to
buying land these days. Salaried employees have disposable money but don't have
time to construct a house by employing a contractor on their own. They are the
large clientele here," said P K Rajeev, a developer in the south Odisha
town.
Berhampur with its good road and
rail connectivity is a gateway to south Odisha, making it a preferred
destination for people from neighbouring districts to invest and own a house
here. The real estate price here is now as high as Rs 2,000 to Rs 4,000 per sq
ft, only a little less than the price in Bhubaneswar .
Jharsuguda, an emerging
industrial town, where the government is planning the state's second airport,
is coming up as another real estate hub. "Besides apartments, simplex and
duplex houses, there are huge takers for plot schemes here," said Sajid
Hussain, a developer there. Sambalpur is witnessing similar vertical and
horizontal expansion with multiple developers undertaking huge projects.
Developers said with land price
skyrocketing in Bhubaneswar ,
housing cost in the city is exceptionally high. "This is ruling out a
substantial section of low middle class families from buying a house in Bhubaneswar . These people
can easily afford houses in the regional and district towns. Many others who
have money tend to own houses both in the state capital and in their native
towns," said Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India
state president D S Tripathy.
Source: Times of India
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Dear Editor,
ReplyDeleteIn the above news the authorities accepted that after BBSR, Berhampur city in South Odisha is the second fastest growing urban center in Odisha.
Reality is that if Odisha government provides more roads and infrastructure in Berhampur city then easily it can even surpass the Capital city of the Odisha Bhubaneswar.
Strategic location, good connectivity, upcoming Gopalpur port, TATA Industrial park, energy city at sonpur, Software Technology park, the business hub in the city and the world famous tourist destinations like Maa Tara Tarini Hill Shrine, lofty mountains of Eastern Ghat, dance forest of Dandakaranya in south Odisha and famous Gopalpur sea beach which are present in and around Berhampur are the main attractions of the place and it is a fact that these type of natural facilities and destinations are not available in any other urban center in the state or in Eastern India.
With minimum facilities the silk city is still posing a challenge to the capital city. If Odisha govt. stops its step-motherly treatment towards Berhampur and provides national standard infrastructure, then this city can emerge as a mega commercial /Industrial destination in Eastern India and only the people of the State can get the benefit out of it.
But unfortunately the present State government and the Bureaucracy knowingly suppressing the growth of this urban centre.
Though huge urban agglomeration coming up in and around Berhampur city the State administration knowingly keeping these areas out of the boundary of the third corporation of the state.
Where as, in contrast to that in Bhubaneswar, the same state administration has been bringing more and more villages (from phul nakhara - khurda) with in the boundary of the city, only to elevate the population of Bhubaneswar to 10 lakhs. Its simply unfortunate.............
To check the progress of Berhampur, the state administration has not implemented any development project during the last 10 years in Berhampur.
Its the high time, Odiaha chief minister Mr. Naveen Patnaik must intervene in it, review it and must instruct the bureaucracy to remove the roadblocks before the development of Berhampur city and implement the projects sanctioned by the Union/state govt. in a faster pace .
the citizens of the State must remember that Berhampur city has many advantages in its favour and undoubtedly it is the 'future' of Odisha.
Therefore, for the better future of the state it’s the duty of all of us to put pressure on the present dispensation for the faster development of this ancient city.
Kamal Joshi (New Delhi)
Mr Kamal Joshi
DeleteThanks for the posting. Like you, I also have a feeling that Berhampur has the potential to emerge as the biggest city of Odisha because of the reasons mentioned by you and also numerous small urban areas and also a plain land adjacent to the sea. It has everything which was behind the growth of Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. However, as you have rightly mentioned, the State Government will not allow infrastructure to grow at Berhmapur and also I blame the local residents of Berhampur who are more or less indifferent and selfish.
Prabhash Rath
Well and informative content given about The rise of Berhampur. Thanks for given this information here about this blog.
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