Study of Alternative Low Cost Construction Materials and Techniques for Housing in India: A review

This paper reviews the various low cost construction materials and techniques in construction of housing for low-income group (LIG), and below poverty level (BPL). It comprises the important study, analysis and results from the experiments and literature of many authors. India is facing a great housing shortage in LIG and BPL sectors. Building materials like bricks, concrete, steel, cement, wood etc and the technologies are proving unsuitable regarding their cost effectiveness. The houses constructed by using these materials and technologies are unaffordable to LIG and BPL. In this paper review of many researches is taken about low cost materials and techniques for housing. Low cost housing concept deals with use of materials, and techniques which help in reducing the overall cost of construction the materials and methods described in these researches are alternatives to conventional materials and methods of construction. The paper tried to briefly discuss the motives of the researchers, their suggestions and results.