1000 low cost houses to be built in Indore city
Experience of C M Kamal Nath to benefit MP


 

(MPPost) Bhopal, 16 October 2019, Indore city will have 1000 houses under the Global Housing Technology Challenge- GHTC-India in Indore , Madhya Pradesh.

These low-cost houses will not only be earthquake resistant, but will have full use of renewable energy sources.

Taking advantage of the experience of Chief Minister Kamal Nath who had served as the Union Urban Development Ministry, a proposal was sent to the Center for the light house project under GHTC-India in Indore city.

Under GHTC-India, 43 proposals have been received from 19 agencies for light house projects - LHP at 6 locations. Among them, 6 technical proposals are being evaluated, including the proposal for the Indore.

According to the official information received by MPPost, about six thousand houses will be built in the respective cities on the new technology. Now a committee will evaluate all the proposals.

The central government has selected six cities of the country for a pilot scheme. Under this, sustainable and objectionable houses are to be built by reducing costs using new technology. Under the Light House Scheme, the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has received 43 proposals from six cities including Indore.


Indore in Madhya Pradesh, Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Rajkot in Gujarat, Ranchi in Jharkhand, Chennai in Tamil Nadu and Agartala in Tripura were identified for the light house project. Proposals were sought from cities under GHTC-India for this. The Ministry has currently received 43 proposals from 19 agencies.

The evaluation committee will now evaluate the technical proposals and submit the report. Further work will be done on the basis of this. More than six thousand houses have to be constructed in six cities using certified technology from the Ministry.


Technical proposals were opened from e-procurement portal in the presence of Tender Evaluation Committee. This committee consists of one member each from these 6 states. This committee will evaluate the technical proposals and submit its detailed report. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs will inform the participating agencies about the date of opening of financial proposals.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has organized a global challenge to explore innovative technologies to mainstream housing construction in India. In this regard, the Global Housing Technology Challenge-India was launched by the Ministry. Subsequently, the Ministry had published requests for construction of light house projects at 6 selected sites under GHTC - India on 05 July 2019 at www.eprocure.gov.in. These light house projects have pilot projects under construction of about 1000 houses at each location using short listing certified technologies under GHTC-India.