Since its incorporation in 2004 the company has been engaged in separate interrelated activities such as the following:-

 o   Real estate development

o   Laterite Stone Crushing Plant - Faraba

o   Supply of building materials

o   Borehole drilling

o   Manufacturing of Compressed Interlocking Paving Blocks

 

Real Estate Development

 Paradise Estate

As part of its business operations in The Gambia, Swami India is currently engaged in the development of the Paradise Estate in Old Yundum on the coastal highway. The main objective of the project is to provide good quality housing to The Gambia populace at affordable prices. The Paradise Estate Project comprises a total of 160 houses to be undertaken in two phases.  Fifty nine houses are being built in the first phase in three model designs namely Katchikally, Georgetown and Toronto. The second phase consists of 101 units all containing the same model designs as the first phase units.

Paradise City (Farato)

The Farato project is the second estate development project undertaken by Swami in 2008. Farato city which consist of 170 plots was developed as a site and service scheme. It was projected for completion in four years but due to high demand all the plots have been sold before the end of the project life. The project also includes some low cost houses comprising of 2 bedrooms each on a plot size of 10 m x 20 m

 Sun Beach Village Housing Project

The Sun beach village project is a site and service scheme comprising the development of a 43 hectares piece of land in Sanyang village. A site and service scheme is an improved version of the conventional or public land allocation system. The land is to be developed by simply putting in the necessary infrastructure which would include the construction of a wide road network made of laterite stones and hard paved with blocks, a developed play ground, a fully developed school with buildings, a well equipped medical centre, a green park, fully developed supermarket, a water reticulation network, a 3 phase over head electricity distribution system and a sound drainage system. 

The land will be demarcated into 520 plots ranging in size from 450m² to 1000m² . The project has the distinctive advantage of providing the beneficiaries with the opportunity to opt for a turnkey arrangement with Swami or a contractor-built house or a less expensive own-built house which allows for much participation and decision making by the beneficiary. There is a greater access to housing in a site and service scheme than in a completed housing option.

 

 Project Site and Location

Sanyang is located in Kombo north along the coastal strip. Agriculture is the main land use. Sanyang is a typical rural village that is gradually changing in character as an urban settlement because of increase commercial activity, tourism and fishing.

The site where the project is located is four kilometres away from the coastal high way. The land has sandy or loamy surface and flat in nature slightly sloping towards the beach and the vegetation is all grass land. 

The project is located within the area designated for agricultural use but the developer has planning approval for change of land use to residential. The site falls within the jurisdiction of the State lands Act that is under the control of central government. The Act recognises the existence of two different kinds of land teneurship within its jurisdiction i.e. traditional or customary ownership and the allocation system characterized by a proper legal registration system. Swami has legal title to the property with a duly registered lease of the land in question.

 Laterite stone Crushing Plant

This stone crushing activity is being undertaken by Swami purposely as a complementary venture meant to satisfy the needs of the company in its construction projects.  As the company embarked on large scale construction projects there was the need to ensure a steady and uninterrupted supply of stones hence the establishment of the crushing plant. The plant has a monthly production capacity of 2500 cubic metres of stones. Three types of stones are crushed at the plant as mentioned below and are all of high quality. They are 16 x 25, 8 x 16 and 0 x 3

 Borehole Drilling

The bore hole drilling activity was started in 2007. The company has drilling machines that meet the required standard sizes of 8”, 6” and 4.5” and can drill up to a maximum dept of 80 metres. Since inception the company has drilled 300 bore holes.

 Paving blocks & tile Manufacturing

The company is engaged in the manufacturing of paving blocks and tiles by using gravel dust from its literate stone crushing plant at the quarry in Farato. It manufactures heavy duty interlocking tiles from black stones. The blocks are heavily compressed to make them solid and durable. They are produced in different colours and designs.  The plant has a production capacity of 60 sq metres a day.