Construction of houses by MCC gets on fast track

Monolithic construction technology to build 6,388 residences

During a visit to Sathagalli, where the MCC, in association with Karnataka Slum Clearance Board (KSCB) is constructing 1,000 houses under the JnNURM, Mayor Sandesh Swamy said that fast track construction technology used to build the residential quarters has received the award for ‘Best Cost Effective Technology’ at a function held in New Delhi recently.

MCC and KSCB were awarded a cash prize of `1.5 lakh and a memento, for implementing this technology.

Explaining the importance of using fast track construction technology, Manager of P G Setty Constructions Somashekar said that while conventional houses take around 71 man days for completing a project, the monolithic houses take around 20 man days. Furthermore, the cost of houses would also reduce by around 10 per cent, he added.

He said that India will need around three crore homes to be built by 2012 and around 1.5 lakh homes is Karnataka’s necessity. In order to cater to such a huge demand, fast track technology can be used to build houses faster, Somashekar added. Also, Somashekar said that the use of skilled labourers such as carpenters could be reduced and more number of unskilled labourers could be hired.

He said that using this technology, eight houses could be built within one week. However, the disadvantage of monolithic structures is that they need huge investment initially and are viable only if large number of houses are to be constructed.

MCC Commissioner K S Raykar and others were present.