India uses shear wall and pre-cast for housing
New technologies are needed for fast tracking the construction of houses under PMAY(U) scheme of the Prime Minister, Housing & Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra has emphasized.
He noted that states like Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Maharashtra are pioneer in using innovative technologies like Shear Wall, Pre-Cast, Monolithic etc.
More than 50% of the sanctioned houses are presently in various stages of construction, he said on 27 Sept 2018.
He also pointed out the increasing participation of private sector in affordable housing following various initiatives undertaken by the ministry.
The houses’ construction progress is being monitored by geo-tagging of different stages of developments.
The Ministry has also decided to release central assistance of Rs.486.87 crores for Kerala considering the extraordinary situation due to heavy floods.
Ministry has advised Government of Kerala for early submission of project proposals under PMAY(U) for flood affected households.
A total of 495 project proposals for construction of 234,879 houses in Uttar Pradesh have been approved as of 26.9.2018 which is highest in terms of number of houses submitted by any State so far.
The ministry has approved 628,488 houses to be constructed under PMAY(U) on 26.9.2018 across 11 States; UP (234,879), AP (140,559), M.P. (74,631), Bihar (50,017), Chhattisgarh (30,371), Gujarat (29,185), Maharashtra (22,265), Tamil Nadu (20,794), Odisha (13,421), Tripura (9,778) and Manipur (2,588).
With this approvals, PMAY(U) now has 60.29 lakh houses in progress, said Mishra. fiinews.com
