Light House Projects Under GHTC-India

• 01 Jan 2021

On 1-1-2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Light House Projects (LHPs) under Global Housing Technology Challenge (GHTC)-India at six sites across six States- Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot (Gujarat), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Agartala (Tripura) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).

What are Light House Projects?

• The LHPs showcase the best of new-age alternate global technologies, materials and processes in the construction sector for the first time in the country at such a large scale.
• They are being constructed under GHTC-India, which envisage providing an ecosystem for adoption of innovative technologies in the housing construction sector in a holistic manner.
• They comprise about one thousand houses at each location along with allied infrastructure facilities.
• These projects will demonstrate and deliver ready to live houses at an expedited pace within twelve months, as compared to conventional brick and mortar construction, and will be more economical, sustainable, of high quality and durability.
• They will serve as live laboratories for facilitating transfer of technology to the field and its further replication.

Global Housing Technology Challenge - India

• Global Housing Technology Challenge - India (GHTC- India) is an initiative under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY – U) by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to fast-track the construction of affordable housing and meet the target of constructing 1.2 crore houses by 2022 and to identify and mainstream a basket of innovative technologies from across the globe that are sustainable and disaster-resilient.