Hyderabad Has Potential To Be The Skyscraper Capital Of India In A Few Years
HYDERABAD: There is a race for skyscrapers. With over 100 skyscrapers, Mumbai is still the city with the maximum number of skyscrapers in India. Mumbai alone accounts for 70% of skyscrapers in India. Hyderabad stands second in the number of high scrappers and accounts for about 8% of tall buildings in India, said K Rajkumar, president of Association of Consulting Civil Engineers India (ACCEI), South India.
Addressing the media on Friday at the National Convention of Civil Engineers (NATCON-2023) that it is organising at HICC in Hyderabad on July 17 and 18, he said the government of India spends nearly Rs 2 lakh crore per annum on various infrastructure projects. Civil Engineers are national builders. Civil engineers make the world more livable by building bridges, roads, airports, homes, hospitals, parks, tunnels, stadiums and more.
ACCEI representative Dr Ranga Rao said Hyderabad has all the potential to surpass Mumbai in the number of skyscrapers in the next five years. The city is going to have 100-plus tall buildings soon as Hyderabad has a stable and safe land as far as earthquakes are concerned, he said. The city has more land banks and construction is relatively cheaper here. Mumbai has the need but there is no land. There is huge demand in Hyderabad, he said.
Ch Narmada, executive committee member, said civil engineering can be a good career choice for women. There are many women who have excelled in this field, she said.
The theme of the convention is ‘Building tall and resilient- Rising High’. An international seminar is also planned on the theme. The event is being hosted by ACCEI Hyderabad centre. About 600 delegates, 14 international and national speakers are expected to attend the event. The participants of the NATCON 2023 include architects, builders and developers, civil engineers, consultants, government officials, real estate professionals, structural engineers, and students, informed Kashiram, Hyderabad centre chairman.
The industry body was founded in 1985 and has 39 centres and about 8,000 members in India, a release said.
