Lok Sabha Question No. 497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Construction of Houses under LHPs
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Parvatagouda Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 497

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 04, 2021

## CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES UNDER LHPs

NO. 497. SHRI P.C. GADDIGOUDAR: Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to construct large number of houses in  various  cities  in  the  country  under  Light  House  Projects (LHPs) for urban poor;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the cities which are identified for construction under the project and the estimated cost of the project;
- and
- (c) the time by which the identified projects are likely to be constructed?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a)  to  (c):  Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  is  constructing  6,368  houses  with infrastructure facilities as part of six Light House Projects (LHPs) in six cities across the country for urban poor, the details in this regard are at Annexure. These projects are deploying different new construction technologies identified and selected through Global Housing Technology Challenge (GHTC) organised in  March,  2019.  These  technologies  ensure  cost  effective,  green,  resource efficient, climate resilient, sustainable and rapid construction. They are termed Light  House  Projects  which  will  act  as  Live  Laboratories  for  adoption  of innovative construction technologies through wide dissemination to students, public/private sector and other stakeholders involved in such construction through site visits, faculties, builders, technical professionals, practitioners in periodic interactions, webcasting etc.

These LHPs are being constructed in a challenge mode which are likely to be completed within a time period of 12 months.

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## Annexure referred in reply to LS USQ No. 497 due for answer on 04.02.2021 City-wise details of LHPs along with the estimated cost of the project

| S. No.   | Location of LHP        | Name of Technology                                                          | No. of Dwelling   | Central Share (₹ in crore)   | Central Share (₹ in crore)   | State/ Beneficiary Share   | Total Cost (₹ in   |
|----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
| S. No.   | Location of LHP        | Name of Technology                                                          | Units             | Central Assistance           | Technology Innovation Grant  | State/ Beneficiary Share   | crore)             |
| 1        | Agartala, Tripura      | Structural System & Pre- engineered Steel Structural System                 | 1,000             | 15.00                        | 50.00                        | 97.50                      | 162.50             |
| 2        | Indore, Madhya Pradesh | Prefabricated Sandwich Panel System                                         | 1,024             | 15.36                        | 40.96                        | 71.68                      | 128.00             |
| 3        | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | PVC Stay In Place Formwork System                                           | 1,040             | 15.60                        | 41.60                        | 73.70                      | 130.90             |
| 4        | Chennai, Tamil Nadu    | Precast Concrete Construction System - Precast Components Assembled at Site | 1,152             | 17.28                        | 46.08                        | 52.90                      | 116.26             |
| 5        | Rajkot, Gujarat        | Monolithic Concrete Construction using Tunnel Formwork                      | 1,144             | 17.16                        | 45.76                        | 55.97                      | 118.89             |
| 6        | Ranchi, Jharkhand      | Precast Concrete Construction System - 3D Volumetric                        | 1,008             | 15.12                        | 40.32                        | 78.56                      | 134.00             |
| Total    | Total                  | Total                                                                       | 6,368             | 95.52                        | 264.72                       | 430.31                     | 790.55             |