Thanks to the pandemic many are considering a ‘green’ lifestyle and want to be amidst nature and use sustainable products and materials for a greener lifestyle. Already many have ditched plastic and are thinking of moving towards electronic vehicles and many are busy adopting an eco-friendly lifestyle.

So, people all over the world are looking taking to the real big step of getting into sustainable housing. And Hyderabad is surely not lagging behind. Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan, honorary consul of Kazakhstan for TS & AP is undertaking the first sustainable housing project in Telugu states.

Nasir’s company MAK Projects Ltd, is working on the newest phase of its 250-acre BTR Greens in Maheshwaram along the Srisailam Highway on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The project will include residential properties as well as recreational and cultural amenities. The first two phases include 300 houses, while the third will include 700 luxury villas, which will be built with Canadian wood.

Khan says that the Canadian wood villas, luxury homes being constructed with spruce, pine, fir, western hemlock, western red cedar, and yellow cedar from British Columbia are certainly turning heads and this is bound to set a new trend in sustainable living.

On the flip side, India is new to such technology and design and does not have the required manpower to handle such projects, but the latest venture has already created a buzz and the project will ensure there is adequate learning. MAK group is using Canadian wood as they wanted to buy from a legal, sustainable and reliable source. For every tree chopped, three more are planted, shares Khan.

Incidentally, tech giant Microsoft is updating its campus in Silicon Valley using timber to reduce its carbon footprint and eco-benefits in mind. The UK got its first green mosque – Cambridge mosque – which was opened in 2019. Then, of course, Walmart and other companies are moving to sustainable buildings as well. Already, New Zealand and France are among countries that are pushing for sustainable buildings and now India will follow suit.

However, it’s not just the houses, but such projects require an entire eco-system of hospitals, schools, entertainment studios, etc, in a single area, and India is surely trying to get on to the path of holistic sustainability slowly, but surely steadily.