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 National Conference on Sustainable & Smart Cities 2015: 10-11 April 2015

Affordable Housing in the temple city of “Bhubaneswar”

An observation on the growth of the city, prevalent living standards and current housing scenario in the city.

Rabi Narayan Mohantya, Debasis Dasb

M.Arch (II YR., IIT Roorkee)a, rnm589@gmail.coma, Architectb dampvivid@gmail.comb

Abstract:

“Roti Kapada Makan” are the three prime requirements of every human being. Today “Makan” or shelter is considered as a
big challenge for the habitants of the developing cities of India. Bhubaneswar is known as the temple city of India. It has
seen massive growth in urbanisation in the last two decades and this causes increase in migration to the city from the
neighboring districts and states. Increase in population causes an increase in demand for housing stocks. Though, it is the
second planned city of India, still 30% of the population of this city lives in slum areas and lack of affordable housing is one
of the major reasons for this situation. Bhubaneswar is experiencing the duplicitous development of housing sector. On one
side there is a dire shortage of housing units while there are abundant numbers of vacant HIG housing units in the core areas
of Bhubaneswar. LIG and EWS section counts more than 95% of the total housing shortage. Increase in land value, cost of
construction and lack of affordability for the people are the major reasons for the shortage in the urban areas of
Bhubaneswar. Various steps have been taken by the State government against this situation, but the extent of this problem is
increasing continuously. This paper will discuss about the existing conditions of real estate sector of Bhubaneswar,
Government policies, guidelines and their drawbacks. Implementable solutions for affordable housing for the shortage will
also be discussed in this paper.

Key words – Affordable Housing, Affordability, EWS, LIG, MIG, BDA, BMC.

affordable housing in the context of current real

List of abbreviations:-
BBSR – Bhubaneswar.
BDA – Bhubaneswar development authority.
BMC – Bhubaneswar municipality corporation.
EWS – Economically weaker section.
GoO- Government of Odisha.
FAR – Floor area ratio.
ISHUP – Interest Subsidy Scheme for Housing the
Urban Poor.
JNNURAM - Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
Renewal Mission.
LIG – Lower income group.
MIG- Middle income group
MHUPA - Ministry of Housing and
Urban Poverty Alleviation.
RBI – Reserve bank of India.
Introduction:-
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of
Odisha. It is located on the eastern part of India. It's
considered as the “Temple City of India”, is also
acknowledged as the second planned city of India,
after Chandigarh. German designer Otto
Königsberger has design this city in 1946, for the
target population of 50,000. This city was
originally designed for the purpose of
administration and residential use.
Methodology of the study:-
Bhubaneswar is the fastest developing city, after
Kolkata, in the eastern part of India. This study is
an attempt made to discuss the shortage of
SSC-15, PG-Section (Urban Planning), S.V. National institute of Technology, Surat
estate growth in the city of Bhubaneswar. Being
the local residents, doing our Bachelors of
Architecture degree and 3 years of architectural
practice in this city makes us keen observers of the
growth of the city, and professional experiences
gave us the insight into the real estate sector of
Bhubaneswar.
A field survey of the core areas and the outskirts of
the city was done over a period of two weeks in
which a questionnaire was prepared regarding the
income, housing expenditure, affordability etc. and
was asked to the residents of the different wards of
the city. Existing housing conditions and
expectations of the residents were recorded during
this period of the survey. For the purpose of sample
surveys, questionnaires were asked from 234
numbers of peoples.
Development of the city:-
Initially, Bhubaneswar was designed as an
administrative city, with a large residential area and
industrial areas were provided on the outskirt of the
city. But It has experienced massive growth in the
educational, tourism, IT sectors in last two decades.
Tourism is one of a major industry of this city.1.5
million tourists visited Bhubaneswar in 2011.
(JNNURM, Government of India, 2012)
(Department of Tourism, Government of Odisha,
2012) It has become an educational hub in the
eastern part of India. This city has a number of
engineering, medical colleges and Universities.
Major institutions of the national importance like
IIT, IIM, IIIT, AIIMS etc has been set up in
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