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HistoricHistoric

and Policyand Policy

in Indiain India-- an introductionan introductionConference onConference on

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99--10 Sept. 2010, New Delhi10 Sept. 2010, New DelhiOrganisedOrganised byby

Embassy of Switzerland, UNESCO and IHCNEmbassy of Switzerland, UNESCO and IHCN

Prof.Dr.P.S.N.Rao

Professor and Head, Department of Housing

School of Planning and Architecture

New Delhi, India

eMAIL : [email protected]


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Historic Housing DesignHistoric Housing Design --

ons era onsons era onsy Traditionall , housin in India was

designed taking into account the followingconsiderations :

Climate Ex. Gable roofs in Kerala

Materials Ex. Use of stone in Ra asthan

Technology Ex. ikra walling in Hilly areas

Functional Re uirements Ex. Court form

Cultural aspects Ex. vaastu, etc.


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y Katras of Shahjahanabad

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Peths of Puney Pols of Ahmedabad

y gra ara o out n a

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Mansions of Chettinad

y Nallukettu of Kerala

There are many other examples; virtually inevery city, there is a history and a historic /core nner tra t ona ous ng area.


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y Local tradition

y British Ex. Many Presidency Towns viz.Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata laterDelhi )

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y Dutch Ex. Bhimlipatnam, Visakhapatnam

y or ugeese x. an m


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Housingis a state subject in India

y National Housin Polic , 1987

y National Housing and Habitat Policy, 1998

y National Urban Housin and HabitatPolicy, 2007

None of the above policies includetraditional / historic housin .


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y Rent Control Acts in various cities have had

a ma or a ec on ous ng n e nner c yold city / traditional housing areas.

y Most of such housin is tenant occu ied andsince the legislation is tilted towards the

tenants and eviction very difficult, ownersmaintain the same ( rents are highlydepressed ).

y Further, tenants have no incentive tomaintain such buildings.

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y Property values in old city centre areas have steeply gone up. Onaccount of this, man owners of ro erties would like to redevelotheir properties by demolishing the old building rather than

conserving the same conservation is a highly uneconomicalproposition.

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y Most of the traditional housing has got transformedor completelyvanished.

y Historic housing is mostly private propertyand therefore,interventions are very difficult, unlike in other historic buildings (monuments ).

y Commercial interests run high in the central city areas where historichousin exists. The real estate lobb is active in redevelo ment.

y There are no laws for conservation of traditional / heritage housingareas.

y Ironically, because of the Rent Control Acts, we still have someexamp es o istoric ousing e t intact or us to see .


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y The nNURM is a national ro ramme for

urban renewal.y Herita e conservation in cities has been

an afterthought in this programme.

Tool Kit for preparation of CDPs

,that is being addressed is non-residential.


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y Herita e TDR transfer of develo ment

rights ) has been introduced in Mumbaiy This has however done recious little to

conserve traditional housing areas.


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y Shah ahanabad Redevelo ment

Corporation ( SRDC ) was established bythe Government of NCT of Delhirecently with the objective of undertaking

lans and ro rammes for redevelo ment,preservation and maintenance of heritagebuildings in Delhi, among other things.


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y On the one hand, awareness of our urban heritage, particularlyhousin herita e, is woefull lackin , on the other, olic has notaddressed the issue adequately till date.

y How do we bring about a balance between heritage andcommercial interests ?

y ow o we exerc se a cer a n egree o con ro on pr va eproperties ?

y What incentives/concessions can be given ?

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y Should the law be at the national level or at the state level ?

y How do we address and manage change and modernity, whileconserving our tradition and heritage ?

These are some of the issues which need to be addressed.

Thank you.

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