It was on August 15 2005, I arrived in Hyderabad, escaping the traffic of Bangalore after three years of stay there.Felt I have become independent! A check visit by me a couple of months earlier made me take this decision and felt comfortable! I tried to hire a house in Madhapur area which is near to my work, but did not, as the house rent was more than the comfort levels there. It was then a 7K for a 2BHK. I ridiculed that area and searched in Motinagar, Krishna nagar, and finally settled down in KPHB 1st phase for a monthly rent of 4.5K for a decent 2BHK. After an year, due to parking unavailability I vacated that house and moved to Bhagyanagar colony for 4.5K 2BHK. The owner and I agreed on papers and to have a 10% hike in rent the following year. I was pretty comfortable with the less traffic and reasonably priced vegetables and fruits.
The real estate got into wrong hands and the prices sky rocketed in no time. The KPHB-HitechCity road lay made the prices even sour. The once 9th Phase KPHB where there were literally no decent houses suddenly saw high class people moving around. Earlier people used to crowd in shared autos to go to 9th phase KPHB and the road was full of potholes. Suddenly after the road was laid, the sight of a lady in a high class costume, shoes, and a dog in her hand made me shake my head. It transformed! Not only the looks but prices too, beyond imagination! An abandoned 1BHK house there was brought by my friend for 24Lk! I felt, "was it worth?"
A couple of months back my house owner visited my home and increased the rent by 20% as against the agreement. However I accepted his words. I noticed that i am the only person who pays less rent, 5.5K + Maintenance. Others are already paying more than 6K. Irony is that the walls of the apartment are made of single brick and a downpour will make the walls wet and drip :).
This month the owner visited my house and asked me to vacate, showing the reason of his cousins visit from Bangalore! I know it's not the case, he has become greedy too as with other owners. He wants more money, for this sick house. My job doesn't increase my HRA so much every year and I am an average performer as with everyone of us. What should I do, I am searching for a new house. Today I see the rents around here are reaching 7-8K. Huh!
What has happened in Bangalore in 17 years has happened in 2 years in Hyderabad, the hype of IT, for absolutely no facilities around. Look at Madhapur, You cant even go for a good market place! Look at KPHB, there is not a decently maintained Hospital with all facilities! When you go to Miyapur, Chandanagar, you feel even sick. People are after money, free money. They have lost ethics of life. Money is going into the wrong hands.
I remember the saying of "Veerabrahmam" a well known saint of Andhra pradesh. He said in his Predictions..."When money flows into the wrong hands, when man forgets ethics , the end is near" . I don't really know how near is the end, but I know for pretty sure that this greediness and lust for money has created great inconvenience to the public. They stopped to "Earn".. they learnt the new way to "Grab". Ethics are long dead. I am not sure what these so called Citizens of the society teach their children to live like.
Today I am feeling like running away from Hyderabad to a new place, Independent from these money clenching. Is this society making me a misanthrope! or they deserve to be hated? Will the days for India change? Will the government ever regulate these things?
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Excellant thoughts which every one in the society is feeling...But what is the solution for this ...can you suggest some of them. Shifting from one location to another will solve this problem?.:)
True Santosh, You can post your thoughts how to check the situation and regulate it! Your thoughts are welcome!
Nice thoughts-
On the inflation in leading metros like Bangalore and Hyderabad ,
it is imperative that the reason as a common man understands is the invasion of IT and
globalization.. The huge money that is coming into Indian market is affecting the price raise for a common man.
One way it is good that these MNC’s provide a huge employment opportunities for the talented people and give
them a handsome salary. But the other face of the coin is that there is a steep increase in the prices of everyday needs.
It is a WIN-WIN situation for young pros but not for middle class people.
By Chetana N Jois
Yes as per my thinking is to decentralise the industries, and make them available in all areas so that one can avoid much of the migration of the people from villages to the cities like Bangalore and Hyderabad.This may probably need to devolop good infrastructure in every corner of the India, and Govt have take some initiative to migrate companies from big cities to all possible District and Taluka places.
Probably this will not completely solve the problem but can be helpfull to resolve some part of it.
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