Project justification - Why hosur?

Hosur is an Industrial City in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is also known as "The little England
of India” it will be divided as district soon. Hosur is a satellite city of and the gateway to Bengaluru
from Tamil Nadu.

On 13 February 2019, Hosur was upgraded as the 13th corporation city of Tamil Nadu comprising
the adjoining suburban areas with an estimated population of 10 lakh (1 million).

What exists now?

 General Infrastructure

o Spatial infrastructure- Road, Railway networks.

o Power, Communication infrastructure.

o Water and drainage facilities with special concern for environmentally sustainability.

o Residence, Shopping malls, Commercial centers.

 Road Network

• Hosur is a border town connected with Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh through National and
State highways.
 • Hosur is a meeting point of 2 National Highways (Viz) Bangalore – Krishnagiri N.H. 7 and
Bangalore – Hosur N.H. 207. This vantage position is responsible for the flow of
commodities entering and moving out of the Hosur town, which is concomitant to the strong
industrial base present here.

• Thus one can logically conclude that the development of Hosur is simply irresistible.

• The existing problems – The present core town of Hosur has only two horizontal roads the
Mahatma Gandhi road popularly called as MG road and the “Nethaji” Road. The taluk office
road runs rectangular to both these roads. The roads are with the Highways department and
form the lifeline of the town. The “Taluk” office road is not defined in the field measurement
book. This road is encroached by the people indiscriminately. The other two roads are also
very narrow and need traffic regulation.

 Ring road:

Hosur was fortunate enough to get a Ring Road proposal as early as 1986 itself. It starts on the right
flank of Bangalore- Krishnagiri road at South and rejoins the same road at North. Experts feel that this
will reduce 70% of the local traffic.

 Railway Network.

Not long time ago the Hosur Railway station was a small and isolated one without much of human
movement. People remember their fear to cross the area of railway station from the Hosur village.
Now, the picture is entirely different. This bustling station is well connected to Bangalore and
westwards with Coimbatore and other parts of southern Tamil Nadu.

The Hosur operation is one among the highest earning center in Bangalore Division. The industry
receives raw material and dispatches products throughout India from Hosur. Hosur Railways provided
a dedicated loading bay for the industries.

 Future Hosur will have the following.

1. IT Park- Sarjapur Highway

2. SEZ -Bairamangalam

3. Residential Complex-Nallur, Mathigiri

4. Floricultural complexes –Bagalur

5. Cattle farm (centre for Excellence in Biotechnology)- Near Mathigiri

6. Sports Complex- Anthivadi

7. High end Tourism Destination- Thally

Growth of Different Sectors / Growth poles responsible for the development of Hosur.

S.No SECTORS
1 Industrial Sector
1. Ashok Leyland
2. TVS
3. Hindusthan Motors
4. Essar tools
5. Star Drugs & Research labs
2 Farm Sector
1. Floriculture
2. Horticulture
3. Agriculture
4. Precision Farming
5. Sylviculture and Composite Farming
3 Service Sector
1. IT /ITES
2. Transport
3. Telecommunication
4. Banking and Insurance
4 Biotechnology
1. Growmore Biotech
2. Cattle farm

Reasons For This Growth:

1. With the economy of India getting more interlinked with the Global economy, more resources are
flowing towards the region, which has a natural propensity to grow. With the inflow of such FDI
increasing, regions with good industrial base; educated manpower and with integrated communication
facilities are naturally poised to march ahead of other regions.

2. The policies of Government of Tamil Nadu have been designed keeping in mind to aggressively
woo the international investors in promoting material wealth along with providing employment
opportunities to the labour power which is adding to its size every year.

3. Proximity to Bangalore - Hosur being a twin city to the farmer naturally implies any physical
expansion of Bangalore could touch Hosur and both will become mutually supportive. One can also
appreciate the fact that any effort to improve the Salem conglomeration will naturally have a positive
impact on Hosur. History of settlements has many examples for such a type of growth: Hyderabad-
Secandrabad, New DelhiGurgaon, and Mississipy-Missourie etc. Moreover Hosur has striking
similarities with the neigbouring Bangalore. It proudly serves as the back office of IT workforce. It is
a gateway to Tamil Nadu from Karnataka.

4. Revamping of the administrative structure by the bifurcation of former Dharmapuri district into
Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts has resulted in increased attention being paid to the development
of Hosur by the new District Administration.
  Residential And Commercial Centers:

It is generally found in Hosur as in other urban centers that sufficient space should be planned and
allocated for the expansion of residential and commercial interests. Rational utilization of space is a
must in future expansions at Mathigiri and Nallur for high-rise buildings with sufficient aeration will
avoid congestion and provide healthy atmosphere.

Mathigiri is suitable because of the Special Economic Zone with may come at Bairamangalam, where
as Nallur is suitable because of the IT corridor which may develop between Sarjapur- Bagalur Road
(NH-207). Specific nodes could be chosen in Mathigiri and Nallur so as to develop shopping malls
and commercial centers.

 Infrastructure Related To Core Sectors

• Farming infrastructure.

i. Horticulture

ii. Floriculture

iii. Private Farms

• Industrial infrastructure.

i. State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited-SIPCOT

ii. Special Economic Zone:-“an ensemble of industrial clusters”

• Infrastructure related to service sector.

i. Congestion free- easy accessibility.

ii. Conducive climate

iii. Water availability

• Human resources.
 i. All material, Intellectual, Spiritual pursuits depend on the quality of the human
resource involved.

ii. Hosur is indeed a melting pot of different cultural landscapes; people with different
cultural and linguistic background line here amicably.

iii. As human resource development essentially depends upon the health and education
standards, one has focus on these prerequisite conditions in Hosur.

 Places to spend one’s leisure time:

There are six movie halls situated in Hosur. They are all not maintained to the standards of a
metropolitan movie hall. The opportunity to present them properly to the higher-class audience is not
well exploited. Much of the scope for recreation is not utilized. Bangalore is the biggest attraction
for shopping and spending time. People complain and cry about the grinding traffic in the highway to
Bangalore but forget about that out of compulsion and later get habituated to it. The time has ripened
to provide the recreational facilities matching the life standard of the people here. The one and only
star Hotel is recently opened “Renaissance Grand” in Krishnagiri road; Hotel Shivaranjani is another
place where contemporary facilities could be expected. To have Multiplexes is no longer a remote
possibility- rather an idea well within our reach.

Assuming Hosur will become an international centre for trade, the people will become time
conscious, money conscious and health conscious

 Assessing the “Town to City” transition- dynamics using SWOT analysis.

Whenever a gap exist between, the existing condition and expected condition a good analyst has to
look in to the relationship between the system under question, and the environment around it, in a
broader temporal framework. Here visualizing Hosur in 2020 A.D demands SWOT analysis be done
to understand and appreciate relationship between Hosur as an emerging urban system (Hosur city)
vis-à-vis its environment – (viz) geography, culture, liberalized economy, political system.