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Six cities across the country have been selected as “live laboratories” for a pilot project under which 1,000 houses will be built using innovative technologies that are low-cost, sustainable and disaster-resistant, according to a senior official of the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry.
On the sidelines of the Construction Technology India - 2019 (CTI-2019) Expo-cum-conference here, HUA Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra told media that 54 Proven Technology Providers with 32 new technologies from 25 countries were evaluated by the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) at the exposition.
“Six cities have been identified to serve as live laboratories for the Lighthouse project. These are Rajkot (Gujarat), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Agartala (Tripura) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh),” he said.
Mishra said that technology adoption will happen in other States and Union Territories, as well.
Construction
Over the recent launch of the third edition of the Vulnerability Atlas of India, Mishra said that he will write to all States to use its assessment before beginning construction activities in their cities. The Vulnerability Atlas of India is a collation of the existing hazard scenario of the entire country. The CTI-2019 saw participation of about 2,500 delegates from 32 countries. The conference had four plenary sessions, six technical sessions, including a World Cafe, and three master classes.
Topics discussed at the session included reforms to bring an urban renaissance with an integrated approach to address urban challenges, skills and human resources in construction sector, enabling the eco-system for new construction technologies and innovations in construction equipment manufacturing sector.
Rapid urbanisation
The conference was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday who declared ‘April 2019-March 2020’ as Construction-Technology year and stressed on the use of advanced technology to meet the increasing demand of housing in the country caused by rapid urbanisation.
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