IT-Madras engineers showcase low-cost housing model; 800 sq ft house for Rs 10 lakh Manash Pratim Gohain, TNN Jun 8, 2013, 06.34PM IST Tags: savings| low cost housing model| Indigenous| Indian Institute of Technology| IIT-Madras engineers| FACT-RCF Building Products Ltd (Interestingly, this method…) NEW DELHI: Believe it or not, researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras have developed a unique method where one can construct a two-bedroom house of 800 square feet for a cost of just Rs 10 lakh. The researchers from the civil engineering department have been working on the project for over a decade and have constructed a two-storey building to showcase the technology they developed to build rapid, cost-effective mass housing using glass fibre reinforced gypsum (GFRG) panels.
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