Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) Chairman N Baijendra Kumar has emphasized on the use of Precast Technology for meeting emerging challenges in providing affordable housing .
He was addressing a day-long conference titled ‘Innovation in Precast Technology and Affordable Housing’ organised jointly by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) , Chhattisgarh Committee and NRDA on Tuesday.
Kumar said that Naya Raipur is a dream city which is being realized with the resultant challenge of providing housing for all which is being tacked through use of better management and techniques.
He said that the Public-Private partnerships are playing a key role in the development of Naya Raipur. ‘It is a pride for us that we are seeing a city evolving and Naya Raipur is the country’s first planned city of the 21st century’.
Speaking on the occasion, NRDA CEO Amit Kataria said that the NRDA is committed to the objective of providing housing to all classes of the society.
He said that all good suggestions would be considered with an open heart to get the benefit of technological revolution to Chhattisgarh. ‘We wish that the beginning be made from Naya Raipur’.
Head of CII’s Chhattisgarh Committee Manish Gupta said that the use of Precast Technology has brought about unprecedented change in the housing sector while bringing 10 to 15 per cent reduction in the entire cost outlay.
IIT Delhi Professor Anil Savne while citing the use of Precast Technology by various countries said that apart from the technology saving cost and labour, it also affords development of durable housing.
A number of specialists from the housing sector and senior officials attended the conference.