Central Government Plans To Construct Light House Projects Across Six Cities

To promote the use of Green construction technology, the central government has planned to construct over 6000 lighthouse projects under the Global housing Technology Challenge (GHTC), India. The Government has recently floated Requests for Proposals (RFP) for the same. The GHTC was launched by the government in February this year.

Under the challenge, the government has given a challenge to six different cities to construct over 6000 Lighthouse projects using six different technologies appropriate to the geo-climatic condition. The six selected cities are Chennai, Ranchi, Indore, Rajkot, Lucknow, and Agartala.

These houses will be developed under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U).

As per the government officials, these projects will be completed within 12 months from the date of beginning at an estimated cost 20,000 dollars. These projects will encourage builders and developers to adopt innovative technologies useful in the construction of housing units. At the same time, some more research in these technologies will help in the development of the construction sector of India.

Elaborating more on the LHP and GHTC, India challenge, Amrit Abhijat, JS&MD (HFA) said, “These lighthouse projects would encourage the potential beneficiaries to visit the selected sites to see the ongoing work for adaptation. It would also serve as open laboratories for a live demonstration and would further garner the attention of academia, practitioners and media connoisseurs.”

To create awareness among developer and builders as well as participating states, the government has also planned a series of events on various web portals. You may log on to www.eprocure.gov.in to download the RFP, and for further details relating to RFP, you can access GHTC-India website at https://ghtc-india.gov.in/.