Reliance Township Jamnagar

GJ10 · April 10th, 2007, 05:22 PM

Modern Township Built for Reliance employees associated with the Petroleum Refinery. I visited it back in 01 and it was one of the things that really opened my eyes to the kind of development that is going on in India.

Pics courtesy of Kobedoudou

Sprawling Villa -1

Sprawling Villa - 2

Sprawling Villa - 3

Apartment Blocks - 1

Apartment Blocks - 2

Mango?

Road and Greenery

Road with Cute but pointless Mini-Roundabout

Internal Road

Lake - 1

Lake - 2

Lake - 3 (With Ducks!)

Well Maintained Park

Another part of the Park

To remind everyone that its India

Kids Cycling to School

In addition to the things in the pics, there are also sports facilities a really nice temple and there is apparently going to be a mall built in close proximity to the township.

vamsireddy · April 10th, 2007, 06:24 PM

Very nice!

***Suncity*** · April 10th, 2007, 07:41 PM

cool!

VaastuShastra · April 11th, 2007, 01:43 AM

Nice pics!

Dunno if I like the style of those buildings tho...

GJ10 · April 11th, 2007, 03:32 AM

I know what you mean about the design, there are other houses there that are designed in a sort of Spanish style, two storey, terracotta tiled rooves etc, which makes a lot of sense for the climate.

But I assume the Reliance worker who took these photos mustve lived in the first building or something?

The whole township is actually of a pretty decent size, a rough measure on Google Earth would put it at about 450ish acres at that time (Big if you're from the UK anyway!) I'm just not sure if the size is conveyed in the pics, but its hard to complain when these are probably the only pics available of the area!

***Suncity*** · April 11th, 2007, 03:58 AM

The township is 1.6 sq kms as per this site

Google Earth

GJ10 · April 11th, 2007, 04:12 AM

Cheers for that! Was off by a full 50 Acres, mathematics was never my strongpoint!

Man, the whole area looks so parched on Google Earth, but with Sardar Savadar and (someday) Kalpasar, hopefully, it'll look more like the pics than the sattelite image!

***Suncity*** · April 11th, 2007, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GJ10

Man, the whole area looks so parched on Google Earth, but with Sardar Savadar and (someday) Kalpasar, hopefully, it'll look more like the pics than the sattelite image!

Obviously the township is pretty green. Plus getting photos of such townships is like a miracle.

Jai · April 11th, 2007, 05:47 AM

Interesting pics!

The landsat image is a false color image. Basically the redder the areas on the image, the more foliage (greener)

Hence farm fields look like dirt stretches

***Suncity*** · April 11th, 2007, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jai

Interesting pics!

The landsat image is a false color image. Basically the redder the areas on the image, the more foliage (greener)

Hence farm fields look like dirt stretches

Isn't google earth true color?

Jai · April 11th, 2007, 06:14 AM

Depends on the images they source from. From what I've noticed of their India converage, there it's rarely true color

VaastuShastra · April 11th, 2007, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GJ10

I know what you mean about the design, there are other houses there that are designed in a sort of Spanish style, two storey, terracotta tiled rooves etc, which makes a lot of sense for the climate.

This sort of thing would look a bit better I think - especially for that villa, which is just a white block...

More individuality - I dont know the appeal of living in a township where every building looks the same.

GJ10 · April 11th, 2007, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VaastuShastra

More individuality - I dont know the appeal of living in a township where every building looks the same.

Yeah, too much of the same thing just makes it look like cost-effective (read: cheap) public housing projects from the outside, even if the interiors are quite swish. Especially if the design from the outside is so "simple".

If you look at the Google Earth image that has been posted, there are distinct areas that have different styles, but I have a feeling thats even worse lol, everyone thinking that the grass is greener (or less red!) on the other side.

Im sure the colours are slightly "wrong", but the area in the bottom-right for example, where it says "Digital Globe" is just wasteland/desert. Even barren plots like that can be developed as long as the water supply is good enough.

VaastuShastra · April 11th, 2007, 11:46 PM

Yeah - although the image is red saturated, from looking at the crops at the top, it seems just outside the township is a massive dusty wasteland like you said - not sure if jatropha plants would survive there, but I would plant them just to try and make it look a little greener. Greenery always makes stuff look better.

Quote:

Yeah, too much of the same thing just makes it look like cost-effective (read: cheap) public housing projects from the outside, even if the interiors are quite swish. Especially if the design from the outside is so "simple".

My feelings exactly - looking into that villa for example, the interior looked very well furnished, but from the outside, one could mistake it from the outside for a slum redevelopment project

Also, although some dusty parts of India are inherently more suited to the Spanish/Mexican/Arab/North African style of housing, with flat roofing, and white walls to reflect heat, I have always much preffered East Asian or North European styles of housing, and wish more projects would take their inspiration there - use more wood and stuff.

I guess everyone has different taste - if I was building a house in India, id try to make it out of stone, and my interior would be an open apartment style modern/minimalist with one big floor, with a few antique statues of Buddha or some Hindu god scattered around for decoration.

VaastuShastra · April 12th, 2007, 12:05 AM

All the areas shown in green here can supposedy handle jatropha plantation, including many dusty states:

GJ10 · April 12th, 2007, 12:27 AM

I say more ambition is needed, the Americans created the city of Pheonix out of a barren wasteland. As long as the water supply is there, the same thing can be done in all those regions.

I feel that Indian development has sometimes been stunted by the attitude of "well, at least we're doing something" after the years of stagnation. When in fact a lot more probably needed to be done to catch up with the rest of the world (who aren't exactly standing still)

I agree with you about the climate effective architecture, being in that region in the summer, when it can easily reach the mid 40s, light, airy buildings are essential. (Unless you can afford AC)

Simple things like placing solar panels on the roof terraces would really help getting around the problem of power cuts without resorting to loud petrol driven back up generators, but alas, the mentality just isnt there yet.

April 10th, 2007, 05:22 PM	#1
GJ10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,354 Likes (Received): 153	Reliance Township Jamnagar Modern Township Built for Reliance employees associated with the Petroleum Refinery. I visited it back in 01 and it was one of the things that really opened my eyes to the kind of development that is going on in India. Pics courtesy of Kobedoudou Sprawling Villa -1 Sprawling Villa - 2 Sprawling Villa - 3 Apartment Blocks - 1 Apartment Blocks - 2 Mango? Road and Greenery Road with Cute but pointless Mini-Roundabout Internal Road Lake - 1 Lake - 2 Lake - 3 (With Ducks!) Well Maintained Park Another part of the Park To remind everyone that its India Kids Cycling to School In addition to the things in the pics, there are also sports facilities a really nice temple and there is apparently going to be a mall built in close proximity to the township.

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April 10th, 2007, 06:24 PM	#2
vamsireddy In ROM Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Local Posts: 211 Likes (Received): 0	Very nice!

April 10th, 2007, 07:41 PM	#3
*Suncity* By the ocean Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24,078 Likes (Received): 516	cool!

April 11th, 2007, 01:43 AM	#4
VaastuShastra Cats > Squirrels Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 8,599	Nice pics! Dunno if I like the style of those buildings tho...

April 11th, 2007, 03:32 AM	#5
GJ10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,354 Likes (Received): 153	I know what you mean about the design, there are other houses there that are designed in a sort of Spanish style, two storey, terracotta tiled rooves etc, which makes a lot of sense for the climate. But I assume the Reliance worker who took these photos mustve lived in the first building or something? The whole township is actually of a pretty decent size, a rough measure on Google Earth would put it at about 450ish acres at that time (Big if you're from the UK anyway!) I'm just not sure if the size is conveyed in the pics, but its hard to complain when these are probably the only pics available of the area!

April 11th, 2007, 03:58 AM	#6
*Suncity* By the ocean Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24,078 Likes (Received): 516	The township is 1.6 sq kms as per this site Google Earth

April 11th, 2007, 04:12 AM	#7
GJ10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,354 Likes (Received): 153	Cheers for that! Was off by a full 50 Acres, mathematics was never my strongpoint! Man, the whole area looks so parched on Google Earth, but with Sardar Savadar and (someday) Kalpasar, hopefully, it'll look more like the pics than the sattelite image!

April 11th, 2007, 05:47 AM	#9
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April 11th, 2007, 06:14 AM	#11
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VaastuShastra Cats > Squirrels Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 8,599	All the areas shown in green here can supposedy handle jatropha plantation, including many dusty states:

April 12th, 2007, 12:27 AM	#16
GJ10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,354 Likes (Received): 153	I say more ambition is needed, the Americans created the city of Pheonix out of a barren wasteland. As long as the water supply is there, the same thing can be done in all those regions. I feel that Indian development has sometimes been stunted by the attitude of "well, at least we're doing something" after the years of stagnation. When in fact a lot more probably needed to be done to catch up with the rest of the world (who aren't exactly standing still) I agree with you about the climate effective architecture, being in that region in the summer, when it can easily reach the mid 40s, light, airy buildings are essential. (Unless you can afford AC) Simple things like placing solar panels on the roof terraces would really help getting around the problem of power cuts without resorting to loud petrol driven back up generators, but alas, the mentality just isnt there yet.