The civic administration has given its approval to builders and developers to restart 850 residential projects in the city, which came to a grinding halt following the imposition of the lockdown in March.
Moreover, the town planning department of Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has also given permission to 15 new building proposals in the last week.
Civic officials said that the projects to which they have given permission to start operations had already obtained the commencement certificates for construction. “We have also started receiving fresh proposals for residential projects. This is a positive sign that construction activities are slowly gaining momentum in the city,” said officials.
Naresh Karda, vice-president of Credai, Nashik, said that many migrant workers who have left for their home states were employed in the construction sector here.
“Now, a section of the workers who were planning to return home have changed their minds and are gradually returning to the construction sites. Not just that, the builders are also getting enquiries from the workers who have left for their native villages and are willing to come back,” said Karda.
He further added that the labour cost had increased due to rise in demand for construction workers. “The builders here have started construction activities with the available workforce. They are also roping in the local workers,” said Karda.
“We are planning to give possession of flats to our customers on time. There may be some delay in case of non-availability of adequate workers,” he said.
Some builders have already starting handing over possession of flats to their customers in the last one week. Karda said that 600 flats are already ready for possession.