Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stone of Light House Projects under Global Housing Technology Challenge-India across six States.
Prime Minister will also announce winners under Affordable Sustainable Housing Accelerators – India and give out annual awards for excellence in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban Mission.
The Light House Projects showcase the best of new-age alternate global technologies, materials and processes in the construction sector for the first time in the country.
They are being constructed under GHTC-India which envisages to provide an ecosystem for adoption of innovative technologies in the housing construction sector in a holistic manner.
The LHPs are being constructed at Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot (Gujarat), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Agartala (Tripura) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).
They comprise about 1000 houses at each location along with allied infrastructure facilities. These projects will demonstrate and deliver ready to live houses within twelve months, as compared to conventional brick and mortar construction, and will be more economical, sustainable, of high quality and durability.
Prime Minister will also announce winners under Affordable Sustainable Housing Accelerators – India (ASHA-India) and give out annual awards for excellence in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) Mission.
Among the awardees for for excellence in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban, is Mukkam Municipality in Kozhikode District of Kerala which has been selected for presenting novel and unique models of implementing the PMAY.
The Green channel facility introduced for the smooth coordination between Central and State Governments and the municipality has become the salient feature of the scheme implementation in Mukkam.
Prime Minister will release a certificate course on innovative construction technologies named NAVARITIH (New, Affordable, Validated, Research Innovation Technologies for Indian Housing) and a compendium of 54 innovative housing construction technologies identified through GHTC-India.On the first day of the New Year, India will see a new chapter added in the Housing for all promise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
