India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman virtually inaugurated India's first 3-D Printed house which is situated within IIT Madras, said the Institute.

The institute said in a statement that the single-storey home has a built-in area of 600 sq. ft. and a functional space comprising a single bedroom, hall, and kitchen.

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The concrete 3D printing technology is a 'Ready-to-Implement Methodology' with no lead time on manufacturing, and is touted to offer advantages including - reduction in overall construction cost and time, brings down the carbon footprint, higher productivity of labor, and utilization of eco-friendly materials.

TVASTA Manufacturing was set up as part of the new incubator — ASHA Incubator — of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs at IIT Madras.

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Speaking after inaugurating the 3D Printed House virtually, Sitharaman said the ‘housing for all’ scheme by 2022 as stated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a ‘huge challenge’ in terms of meeting the deadline.

“With construction of a conventional housing being very complex… and with your concept of building a house in five days, I don’t think it will be a massive challenge for building 100 million houses by 2022”, she said.

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Tvasta began its work towards construction of ‘India’s FIRST 3D Printed House’ In February 2020, with planning and procurement activities, but was briefly halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic and could only complete the 3D structure later in August, the company said in a blog post.