Dharmik Dobariya

Roll No. : U11CE033

Sr No. : 28
LAVASA
ABOUT
Lavasa Hill City is free India's first and largest hill city with a sprawling township
spread across the 7 hills of the Mose valley. The area is quite close to the major
cities of Pune and Mumbai and circles the Varasgaon lake. Lavasa is just about
65 Kms (an hrs drive) from Pune and abut 200 Kms ( 3.5 hrs) from Mumbai.
Lavasa Hill City covers 25,000 acres with 60 Kms of lakefront. It is spread
amidst 100 sq. kms., which is almost 1/4th the size of mumbai.

Lavasa city has been designed on the principles of new urbanism, and is said to
offer the best-in-class infrastructure, international educational institutions,
leading non-polluting industries, exciting avenues of leisure & tourism and
homes for comfortable living. An ecologically sustainable environment will help
you live, work, learn and play in harmony with nature at Lavasa. Over 25,000
lakeside apartments and villas with over 50,000 employment opportunities
should be available at Lavasa city. Apart from it's diversity in work possibilities,
Lavasa also present some wonderful housing options for permanent residents.
Some other famous concepts of hill cities, but all developed during the British
Raj, are Shimla, Kullu and Ooty.

The Lavasa project is being developed by HCC India. Although the land is
disputed by some, the master plan for Lavasa has already won 3 Global
Awards. Apart from latest technologies and state-of-the-art connectivity,
Lavasa also assures of world class infrastructure and first class roads. There are
five access routes to the Lavasa city, one of which, the Chandni chowk-Pune
road, has been developed. The first phase of the Lavasa Hill town is currently
under construction and is scheduled for completion in Dec '2009. The Fortune
Select Dasve Hotel is now open at Lavasa while Dasve, the first town, is
expected to be ready by 2009-10.
LOCATION
Lavasa is located in the Western Ghats, on the banks of the Baji Pasalkar
Reservoir behind the Varasgaon Dam (Varasgaon Dam & Reservoir) near Pune
and Mumbai. The city is coming up on eight large hillocks that surround the
elongated Varasgaon Dam Reservoir. Varasgaon is one of the primary sources
of water for Pune city. The project covers approximately 25,000 acres (100
km2) of land. Lavasa is located within 80 minutes from Pune (approximately 50
km) and 3 hours from Mumbai (approx 180 km). There are five access routes to
Lavasa, one of which is enhanced and developed.

PLANS
Lavasa is planned in four phases out of which, Phase I in Dasve will be
operational from 2010 with almost 1,000 villas and 500 apartments. The
development of Phase II will begin next year and would be ready by 2014. The
third and fourth phases would be ready by 2017 and 2021, respectively. There
is a controversy around how clearance has been given to build the new Lavasa
city that will draw water from the Varasgaon Dam. The Varasgaon Dam is one
of the primary sources of water for Pune city, and Pune city already faces acute
water shortage in the months preceding the annual monsoon season. Another
controversy is around how forest lands can be given away for commercial
purposes.


Development:Development plans of Lavasa consists of four periods and
involves the development of 12 towns spread across 7 hill slopes
Period 1 - Dasve, Mugaon, Bhoini
Period 2 - Dhamanhole, Gadale, Koloshi, Ugawali
Period 3 - Sakhari, Wadavali
Period 4 - Bhode, Mose, Saiv


Planned economy drivers of the city
Research centres
Hospitality and tourism
Education
Resident population
Health care

HEALTH
Free monthly check up camps for the villagers from surrounding areas
Specialist doctors and medicine are made available through these camps
Mobile Vans are used to reach remote areas
Primary Health center has been set up at each surrounding village and is
staffed by professional doctors for round the clock medical service free of cost
Water tanker facilities for providing healthy, clean, accessible drinking
water to villagers
CONNECTIVITY
Lavasa only had access by road from Pune or Mumbai. Being in a hilly terrain
the roads though well developed have steep inclines in some places. Also as
per data publicly available no air connectivity is planned in the near feature
apart from helicopters.
Under Construction: Lavasa will be under construction for close to 1011 years
after the launch of Dasve in 2010. It remains to be seen whether the
construction activity disturbs the life in Dasve.