Basis of Estimate:

• Water requirement per capita: 110 lts per day

• Sewage / sullage per capita: 60 lts per day

• Power requirement: 1000 MW per crore of population

• Housing: 200 sft per family of 7 members

Source:

• Cement Manufacturers Association

• CIDC Survey

• Building India Brick by Brick

• Asia Construct Country Report

• World Bank Country Report

• World Bank Fact Book

Negative Fall Out

1. Impact of Gulf War on Cost of Construction:

The Gulf War will result in escalating cost of construction throughout the country primarily due to increase in cost of fuel, lubricants etc. As estimated by CIDC the average increase in cost of construction will be a 0.53% in the short term period (1 to 3 months time) and thereafter the price may stabilize in the mid-term period (6 to 9 months). In the long term period (12 to 18 months) the increase in cost is likely to be 0.29%. Table 1 gives an overview of the impact.

Table 1:
Average increase in cost of construction is given as follows:

Table 2 & Table 3 indicate the percentage increase in cost for various sectors and various regions over the short term and long term period respectively. The computations are made as per the indices calculated by CIDC

Table 2:
Percentage increase in cost in the short term period sector wise(1 to 3 months)

Table 3:
Percentage increase in cost in the long term period sector wise (12 to 18 months)

Source:

Primary data collected by CIDC. Analyzed as per CCI, formulations. Prepared in association with:

• Labour Bureau

• Ministry of Labour

• Dept. of Economic Affairs

• Ministry of Industry

• Ministry of Urban Affairs & Employment

• Dept. of Economic Affairs

• Ministry of Finance

• National Sample Survey Organisation

• Ministry of Surface Transport

• Asian Development Bank

• Central Statistical Organisation

• Ministry of Planning & Programme Implementation

• Central Water Commission

• Central Public Works Deptt

• Army Headquarters

• National Building Organisation

• Construction Industry