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The rent was only the first line
A lower property cost can coexist with a more expensive service route. The strategic comparison must retain the higher initial commitment and the limits of its assumptions.
I started the depot discussion with the rent because it was visible, comparable and easy to explain. One option cost ₹72 lakh annually; the closer alternative cost ₹112 lakh. The peripheral site appeared to demonstrate financial restraint before we had examined the movements it would require. Operations challenged that framing. Our depot was not simply a property to occupy. It was part of the service through which temporary offices and welfare cabins reached project sites, returned and became available for another use. Distance therefore belonged inside the comparison, not in a later operating discussion after the preferred location had already acquired management support.
