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This is an archive article published on December 20, 2008

LDA homes to have drains by IIT-Roorkee

The Lucknow Development Authority LDA has roped in Indian Institute of Technology 8212; Roorkee IIT-R 8212;for planning the urban drainage system in its upcoming housing schemes.

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The Lucknow Development Authority LDA has roped in Indian Institute of Technology 8212; Roorkee IIT-R 8212;for planning the urban drainage system in its upcoming housing schemes.

The institute will also assess the designs of the multi-storeyed apartments to make them earthquake resistant.

The IIT-R has already started its work from the Gomti Nagar Extension and will later assess the building map of the River View Apartment planned to be developed in Sector 6 of the Gomti Nagar Extension scheme.

8220;Hydrology experts from the Civil Engineering Department of IIT-R will draft the designs of the urban drainage system and will help in constructing earthquake resistant apartments,8221; said Mukesh Kumar Meshram, Vice-Chairman, LDA.

8220;The institute will also give tips for introducing advanced technologies like rainwater harvesting, eco-friendly development and recycling of waste water in all the upcoming schemes,8221; he added.

The earthquake resistant technology will be introduced in the River View Apartment followed by another multi-storeyed housing scheme in Aishbagh.

 

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