PM reviews Rajkot Light House Project’s progress

Rajkot: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the progress of Rajkot’s Light House Project (LHP) through a virtual meeting held on Saturday. Apart from Rajkot, the PM reviewed the work of five other LHPs — which he had inaugurated in January this year — using drone cameras.
Under the project 1,144 affordable houses are being constructed at the Raiya Smart City. The LHP in Rajkot is being constructed with French technology of monolithic concrete construction using tunnel formwork to build houses that are affordable and more capable of withstanding natural disasters. In this technology the casting of walls and slab is done simultaneously enabling construction of three units in just one day.
Last year the housing and urban affairs ministry had initiated the Global Housing Technology Challenge (GHTC)-India for speedier construction of affordable houses. Under the GHTC-India, 54 technologies from all over the world were shortlisted for their suitability to the Indian conditions. Out of that six different technologies were implemented for construction of LHPs at Rajkot, Lucknow, Rachi, Agartala, Indore and Chennai.
The beneficiaries of Rajkot LHP will be given possession of the houses next year. The total project cost is Rs 118 crore and the units will be allotted to economically weaker sections of the society.