Low Cost Housing for Indian

Villages
Under “ Awake Mother India Campaign”
Guided By: Prof. D.P.Mishra
 Paver Blocks
Advantages:
• Stiffness High
• High Comp. Strength
• Good Friction
• Easy to handle
• Re usable
• Water can be absorbed

• Cost: 10-50 rs per Piece

• Blooks Required for 10 sq feet= 500

Disadvantages:
• Gaps in between
• Too rough if very low cost
• Sand bed required
• Water comes out from floor in low lying areas
 Hollow Fly ash concrete sheets
Advantages:
• Light weight
• Rapid construction
• Thin (saving in floor area)
• Good Strength
• Aesthetics
• Polished- no further plastering required
• Bad conductor of heat
• Can be manufactured in any shape and size
• Cost: 50-75 Rs/Piece
• Size: 75 cm x 40 cm
Precast Concrete Walls
Advantages:
• Whole wall Unit available
• Thin in size
• Very fast in installation
• No further treatment required
• Can be modified as per required purpose
• Smooth and aesthetic
FRP wall panels

Advantages:
• Whole wall Unit available
• Thin in size
• Very fast in installation
• No further treatment required
• Can be modified as per required purpose
• Smooth and aesthetic
• Tested In Bhuj 2001 earthquake (proven technology)
 Metal Roof

Advantages:
Disadvantages:
• Easy to install
• Create too much heat inside the house
• Available in design, color and pattern
• Dangerous when there is wind blowing
• Good for fixing and attachment
• Can take some live load on it
Cost: GI Sheet 18 Gauge1500 to 2000/- per sheet
PVC roofing Sheets
Advantages:
• Available in various colors and patterns
• Light weight
• Bad conductor of heat
• Fast construction
• Re usable
• If UV protected then durable
• 100 % rain water proof
Stone Dome

Old technique
Proven technology
Stable and good strength
Nice cooling inside
aesthetic
Permissible load on Roof
Whole Structure in Bamboo
Structure for Education adopted after
Bhuj Earthquake in Gujarat
Elevated house
Suitable where there is
problem of pests, insects
and moisture is more