The lure of Sonepat land

Some time last month, Kamal Taneja, one of the youngest promoters of Taneja Developers & Infrastructure (TDI), launched his dream project Kingsbury luxury condominiums in Kundli, Sonepat. Today, or so he says, over 50 per cent of the township has already been booked.

A luxury apartment complex in a place like Kundli outside west Delhi selling like hot cakes? Realtors don’t think Taneja is overstating figures to boost his bookings. On the contrary, Sonepat, just beyond the western border of the capital, is on its way to fast track development in terms of real estate.

“Sonepat is the emerging Gurgaon of the west,” goes the refrain among realtors. As city limits are extending beyond west Delhi colonies like Pitampura, Rohini and Shalimar Bagh, to name some, there’s a growing demand for housing solutions among the middle classes in that area.

And with real estate prices touching the roof at Rs 10,000 per sq ft within the city, Sonepat, which falls on one of the busiest national highways just 2.5 km from Delhi, is certainly the best option.