Sahara City Homes becomes the first Integrated Townships to be awarded IMS certification

Certificate for taking care of Quality and Environment Management, Occupational Health & Safety Management and Social Accountability

Sahara City Homes becomes the first townships to be awarded with Integrated Management System (IMS) certification for its Lucknow (191.24 acres), Nagpur (106.65 acres) and Indore (88.47 acres) Townships. Integrated Management System involves integration of one or more management systems. Sahara City Homes Townships at Lucknow, Nagpur and Indore have been conferred with ISO 9001:2008 (Quality Management System), ISO 14001:2004 (Environment Management System), BS OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health & Safety Management System) and SA 8000:2008 (Social Accountability System) as an acknowledgment to its ability to meet its objectives and at the same time ensure that the interests of customers are rightly met.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Sushanto Roy – CEO, Sahara Prime City Limited said, “We are committed to achieve customer satisfaction by ensuring excellence of performance in all our offerings and services. We have created and developed an environment that ensures continual improvement in our business processes. In the same direction, this integration will help us in proactively meeting the expectations of customers, stakeholders and the requirements of the regulators while on the other hand will be useful in utilizing our resources more efficiently and effectively.”

SPCL has a vision to build integrated townships across 217 cities in India. The current business plan of the company is focused on developing 88 integrated townships under the “Sahara City Homes” brand name and 15 residential complexes under the “Sahara Grace” brand name across 99 cities in India. SPCL is currently developing 9 townships and one residential complex. Construction on 16 more townships is expected to commence within the next 12 months.

Each Sahara City Homes Township is spread on 88 to 300 acres and is designed in such a manner that each township accommodates 2,000 to 4,000 residential units. The residential units offered by the Sahara City Homes township includes high rise building apartments, duplex apartments, independent houses, row houses, semi-detached houses and bungalows.

The integrated townships are planned to be self-sufficient communities, with an array of commercial outlets and services which will be constructed in order to facilitate easy access of these amenities to the residents of the township. These will include a school, a hospital, a hotel, retail facilities, leisure facilities and other amenities, such as convenience stores, post offices and maintenance services. By placing these commercial centers around the periphery of integrated townships, the Sahara City Homes will be able to cater to both, the integrated township residents and also the customers that may reside outside of the integrated township.

The ISO 9001:2008 confirms that the senior management at Sahara Prime City Limited takes a strategic approach to their management processes and working practices, leading to streamlining operations, thereby reducing waste and improving business performance by effectively managing risks.

The ISO 14001:2004 certificate awarded to Sahara City Homes sets out standards on how one can go about putting in place an effective Environmental Management System (EMS). The standard is designed to address the delicate balance between maintaining profitability and reducing environmental impact; with the commitment of entire organization, it enables to achieve both objectives.

BS OHSAS 18000:2007 certificate to Sahara City Homes ensures a safe and healthy working environment by providing a framework that allows organization to consistently identify and control its health and safety risks, reduce the potential for accidents, aid legislative compliance and improve overall performance. SA 8000:2008 to Sahara City Homes certifies that the company is taking care of social responsibilities such as to develop, maintain and enforce policies & procedures that help in managing ethical practices and at the same time demonstrate total transparency to the stakeholders.