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The document summarizes the Lavasa controversy in India. It describes Lavasa as India's first planned hill city and private urban infrastructure project. However, the project has faced significant controversies regarding its environmental impacts, questionable land acquisition practices, and allegations of political corruption in obtaining loans and approvals. While construction was halted due to lack of environmental clearances, it later resumed with conditions, but the project remains controversial and has faced opposition over its environmental and legal compliance.

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The document summarizes the Lavasa controversy in India. It describes Lavasa as India's first planned hill city and private urban infrastructure project. However, the project has faced significant controversies regarding its environmental impacts, questionable land acquisition practices, and allegations of political corruption in obtaining loans and approvals. While construction was halted due to lack of environmental clearances, it later resumed with conditions, but the project remains controversial and has faced opposition over its environmental and legal compliance.

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LAVASA CONTRAVERSY

National Institute of Construction


Management & Research
Pune, India

PRESENTED BY:ANAND PATEL (RP14049)


VIJAY LAMBA (RP14057)
AMARDEEP PANDEY (RP14054)
RAHUL DHANIK (RP14068)

Agenda:
Lavasa ?
Progress and plans?
Controversies ?
Solutions?

About the Project

Lavasa is an independent India's first planned

hill city.
Urban infrastructure project.
Design.
Permanent population.
Concept : Life in Full.

Current progress & Future


Plans:
Construction of two out of the five planned

towns are ongoing.


Number of residences have been completed
as of 2013.
By 2011 four hotels and a city centre were
completed.

It is estimated that Lavasa will not be finished

before 2020.
The project confirmed that Lavasa will include
four large towns and one low-cost town.

Controversial for multiple reasons:


Harm to the environment.
Procurement of land.
Loans acquired through political corruption.
Some other controversies.

Environmental damages:
Lavasa didnt get clearance under Environment

Impact Assessment Notification, 1994.


States environment dept issued permissions
without statutory powers to do so.
Violations of environmental laws, including
haphazard cutting of hills which result in result
in landslides, high erosion, and consequent
siltation of water bodies.
All work unauthorized construction > 1,000
meters(altitude) against policy

Construction Ceased :
Indian Ministry of Environmental &

Forest(MoEF) has declared this project illegal


and they cease the project in November 2010.
Reason: the company had failed to obtain

environmental clearance from the Union


ministry.
Later MoEF provided clearance on November

2011 to Lavasa with some specific conditions.

Land acquisition :
Both government and individual land owners

have taken issue with Lavasas land


acquisition approach.
INDIVIDUAL LAND OWNER

Land being acquired by


hook or crook.
Land purchased at
government rates when
market rates are much
higher.
Complaints by Land owners
regarding:
-Loss of land.
-Bouncing of cheques.
-Threats and living in
constant fear.

GOVERNMENT
*Lavasa Corporation

purchased the land from


farmers and they are liable
to pay 3\4 of the purchased
price to the government
but they paid only 2%.
*They bought 98 hectares
of land without license.

Political Corruption:
Sharad Pawar is alleged to have demanded

compensation for allowing Lavasa to be


constructed.
Relatives of Pawar had part-ownership of the

company developing the project.


Pawar's daughter and son-in-law had more

than 20% ownership between 2002 and 2004.

Other controversies:
The water from Varasgaon Dam is diverted to

Lavasa, it will cause a supply shortage to Pune


city.
Lavasa plan does not conform to the

procedures in the Maharashtra Regional and


Town Planning Act of 1966.
The buildings are almost touching the water

body; the state government had permitted


construct at a distance of 50m from the
reservoir which was reduced to 30m and then

Continued:
Residential: Laws changed to allow construction on

steep slopes.
Commercial: Laws changed to allow mixed land use

commercial and residentialin the town centre.


Water: Buildings and roads close to the water body,

at 5 to 15 meter distance. Oil and sludge from vehicles


and runoff could affect lakes water quality.
Hospital: No plans for disposal of bio-medical waste

on-site.

Any Solutions!!!!????
First step - to investigate the corruption that

seems to be a part & parcel of Lavasa.


If the corruption is exposed, finding the

irregularities should be easy.


Lavasa doesnt look like a bad idea.

THANK
YOU !!!

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