Monday 31 August 2015

HOME IN AN APARTMENT


The apartment culture is of recent origin and has become very popular. This type of group housing is not alien to the human culture. Earlier people used to live on riverbanks in groups sharing common facilities. 
In the early twentieth century it was known for such group housing but in a different manner. Group housing popularly known as "Vatara" was very common where small dwelling units were constructed in a single compound and families lived in perfect harmony and unison. The Vatara, used to be horizontal or L shaped with single storey buildings whereas the apartments are vertical with multistoried buildings. 

India is a vast country, having a population of more than 1000 million. Many are without shelter of their own. After independence, the successive governments have addressed this problem with various government-sponsored programmers. They targeted the poorest of poor and houses with barest facilities were provided. 

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