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Lavasa: What's the Future of this Failed Megaproject

February 15, 2023

 Lavasa: What's the Future of this Failed Megaproject

  • Lavasa city was a proposed luxury hill town located between Pune and Mumbai, with five towns, luxury bungalows, and recreational activities.
  • The project was stopped due to political irregularities, lack of proper permissions, and not following environmental clearance rules.
  • The failure of the project left many investors and property buyers at a loss, and the city was abandoned and turned into a tourist spot.
  • In 2021, bids were invited for the revival of the Lavasa corporation, and Mumbai based Darwin platform infrastructure Ltd won the bid for 1,814 crore rupees.
  • DPIL plans to make Lavasa a tourist town and an educational hub, and has initiated negotiations with US universities to set up their campus in the city.
  • DPIL is focused on obtaining environmental clearance and avoiding repeating the same mistakes that led to the project's downfall before.

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