A low-cost housing project envisaged as part of the constituency development initiative at Kundara will be showcased as a model housing scheme at a UN international conference to be held in New York on April 10, Minister for Fisheries J. Mercykutty Amma said here on Friday.

The project, a joint effort by the State government and TKM Engineering College, will be presented at the Skills and Technology Achieving Rapid Transformation (START), international conference.

The conference is being organised by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), a UN initiative to align institutions of higher education, scholarship, and research with the UN.

The low-cost housing project was initiated as part of the Kundara Assembly constituency development project, named ‘Idam, which envisages local development projects with technical assistance and expertise from various sectors.

Pre-cast concrete

The low-cost housing scheme envisages a 400 sq ft house using pre-cast concrete funicular shells at ₹4 lakh.

The project had been developed as a student project of the UNAI chapter at TKM Engineering College to prove how technology can be utilised to improve the life of the common man.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Thiruvananthapuram / by Special Correspondent / Thiruvananthapuram – April 07th, 2018