Over In India the trend is to build more houses too. But the situation is total different from Spore.
Just recently the Thane building in Mumbra collapse- this yet again brought to fore the dangerous illegal construction business booming in Mumbra belt near Mumbai and the failure of the civic authorities to rein it in.
Experts say the trend is concentrated in areas where infrastructure is inadequate for the growing population. In Mumbra, there was hardly a population of 45,000 in the 1990s. It has increased 20 times driving up illegal construction activity propelled by high demand.
The modus operandi is frightening. In a matter of three months, small-time builders encroach land and erect multi-storey buildings that are quickly absorbed by locals.
According to a civic official, most houses are low-priced and sold at flexible rates to ensure buyers take them. Several massive illegal residential settlements have come up in the past few years, pushed by real estate prices soaring in Mumbai's shrinking housing space. Builders often give away houses for almost nothing or in easy instalments to ensure houses get occupied
Buildings as tall as eight storeys have come up, some without lifts. People buy them as they are affordable. In Mumbra, no construction laws are followed. "A small-time businessman can buy, encroach or usurp a plot and construct a building in a few months. The building that collapsed, as is the case with many others, was apparently constructed on an open nullah covered up by mud," said a local activist.
