Precast technology to be used to build houses

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government has a huge task at hand of Building homes for Hudhud-affected victims. As per government estimates, it needs to build 85,000 houses across districts of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam. Keeping in mind the limitations of cost and time, the AP government, has decided to construct houses using precast technology.

The government had earlier this month sanctioned 7,100 seismic-resistant houses to be built for Hudhud victims with a project cost of Rs 340 crore. A GO was released on Tuesday, which mentioned the government’s desire to build these 7,100 houses using precast technology.

R. Karikal Valaven, the principal secretary of the housing department, said, “The benefits of precast technology are durable, cost effectiveness and swiftness. The government wants to build and deliver the cyclone and seismic-resistant houses to the Hudhud victims as soon as possible.

However, as precast technology is relatively new, we have decided to call for ‘Expression of Interest’ from companies involved in such construction from across the world.