The area has Delhi-Mumbai Highway running on the east and has developing industrial areas on the north, south and west. The location of Aranya Low-Cost Housing was strategic. Most of the plots are small in size and clustered in low rise blocks along with longer side façade oriented in the north-south axis to reduce the solar radiation on the building. Trees were planted in public places and streets that could accommodate social, economic and domestic activities were planned. Being a slum development project, the inspiration was taken from the existing slum settlements where a small neighbourhood is formed with houses extending to the outdoors. The community was designed in a way so that all the facilities are evenly distributed and a link with the town centre can be maintained. The entire project was funded by the sale proceeds of the middle-income plots. The total idea of conceiving this project was to improve and upgrade the existing slum area and provide around 6,500 residential plots of varying sizes starting from 350 sq ft for economically weaker section to 4,750 sq ft for high-income groups. Conceptualised by Indore Development Authority, the total built-up area of this society is 1 lakh sq mt, constructed at a cost of Rs 100 million. Aranya Low-Cost Housing Society was constructed in 1989 in Indore and is located just 6 km from the city centre.
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