Skyscrappers in Hyderabad

WOW ! is all one can say of the ambitious plan of Lanco group to build 90 storied building in Hyderabad with an investment of Rs. 5,500 cr. Last heard all the residential space has been sold out, here is how it shall look like when completed.

VEERU”S TAKE ON THE SKYSCRAPPER

When I say WOW Iam just awed by the feeling of the skyscrapper who doesnt ? Atleast Iam! But at the same time in a country like India what would be the socio-economic implicatons of such a massive structure ? Will it broaden the alreaden deepening diisions and make us a divided society of haves and havenots ? Or will it just pave way for more such buildings where in no one will be on the ground but in the air ? Well cant say for my sparrow mind its the former that is visible and call me cynic ! I am well one of those who wouldnt want to forego traditions and happiness for technology and GDP.

A sector-specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITES) will be set up over 25-acres in Manikonda village, Rajendranagar Mandal of Ranga Reddy district.

The work on this high-rise edifice is being taken up by LANCO as part of the LANCO Hills Technology Park Private Limited, a real estate venture on the sprawling 100 acres land at Manikonda. Apart from the majestic residential complex “Signature Towers,” an IT Park and commercial establishments, including 16 multiplexes and clubhouses, food joints and many more will come up.

http://www.lancogroup.com

Currently the dash for high rise structures is so intense that at least 75 of them are slated to sprout in the city over the next 18-24 months all within a radius of 10-12 kilometres of the technolopolis of Cyberabad.

Skyscraper details
Building Name	Location	Floors	Status
Taj Krishna	Banjara Hills	11	Existing
Babukhan Estate	Basheerbagh	16	Existing
Gagan Vihar	Nampally	14	Existing
Hill ridge springs	Gachibowli	14	Existing
Aliens Space Station	Tellapur	30	Under Construction
ICICI tower	Nanakramguda	28	Under Construction
APIIC Twin towers	Manchirevula	60	Proposed
Lanco hills – Residential	Manikonda	30	Proposed
Lanco hills – Signature tower	Manikonda	90	Proposed

VEERU CONTINUES

And if you are curious of whats and wheres of the tallest in the world here is something thats for you. Its just that the human mind is always fancied with big bigger and biggest and its but natural what is unnatural is the irresponsible application of such technology like for example the industrialisation and the fusions and fissions. Will a 1000 Live Earth concerts bring back the Global ecology that is destroyed in the name of development. The Amazon forests, the Suezs, the Ganges, the chernobyls, the Yangtze river and the three gorges dam and do we hope the list to slow down witout concrete action ?

Building, city Year Sto- ries Height Rank m ft 1. Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan 2004 101 508 1,667 2. Petronas Tower 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1998 88 452 1,483 3. Petronas Tower 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1998 88 452 1,483 4. Sears Tower, Chicago 1974 110 442 1,451 5. Jin Mao Building, Shanghai 1999 88 421 1,381 6. Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong 2003 88 415 1,362 7. CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou, China 1996 80 391 1,283 8. Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen, China 1996 69 384 1,260 9. Empire State Building, New York 1931 102 381 1,250 10. Central Plaza, Hong Kong 1992 78 374 1,227

statistics, lies and HIV

Who was that that said there are three kinds of lies, Lies absolute lies and statistics ? Isnt it true ? Yes ofcourse was what I felt when the Indian Govt was caught in the red by the International agencies regarding the HIV. Was it the sell out to multinational drug agencies that rely heavily on these statistics and market their drugs or the govts very own begging bowl strategy for the multinational donor agencies ? Well have to figure it out. There have been several attempts to pull north the falling garphs of the Multinational pharma companies, like the process patenting ammendment in the TRIPS (India used to supply cheap quality drugs to third world countries suffering from HIV but not any more thanks to the TRIPS) or sars or the HIV there can be no end to such tricks.

The new method introduced this year has thrown up a figure of 2.47 million — much lower than 5.2 million estimated last year.

“We’ve been able to arrive at a robust figure that all our experts feel is as correct an estimate as we can get — the results show there are an estimated 2 million to 3.1 million people with HIV,” health minister Anbumani Ramadoss said, providing the upper and lower values of the estimate

(The telegraph India)

Isn’t this a revelation of the kinds ? I appreciate the statement by P sainath on statistics These statistics are not merely numbers, Sainath warned. “You have to deal with the linkages and politics of the educational system whether you like it or not. Sex ratios, casteism, and public health do impact education.” Thats not just education every other field is the same.

According to the last year’s estimates, India had 5.206 million HIV/AIDS patients (people aged between 15-49 years) in 2005. The UNAIDS later put it at 5.7 million including the paediatric AIDS cases. For the first time, NFHS, India’s largest health survey, had specific questions on AIDS in its door-to-door survey conducted on 2,30,000 people. Both sentinel site and NFHS data was integrated and a new internationally validated methodology was used to arrive at the new estimate.

(The deccan Herald)

And here is some good news too There is going to be insurance cover for the HIV patients too.

Star Health, country’s first stand-alone health insurance company has put the proposal before IRDA, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority for getting permission to launch this product to provide group insurance coverage for HIV infected persons. The company is eyeing to 5.7 million HIV-infected people across India including severe AIDS patient.

(The international reporter)

Statistics again but that what capitalism runs on smoother. No lets not get in to messier things and go ahead with the insurance cover itself. The premiere of the insurance would be Rs.3,000 per-person-per-year that will provide the coverage of Rs. 50,000 per person”. The compensation becomes payable if an HIV patient is confirmed to be carrying AIDS. The HIV-infected person could survive his/her life like other uninfected people until he/she might goes under the deadly disease, AIDS. The whole treatment of AIDS is extremely costly. The ordinary people can’t survive its course. In this way, the insurance may be a reason of boon for those.