1Assistant Professor, HOD, Dept. of Civil, OITM, Hisar (Haryana)
2Professor, Director-Principal, RIMT, Gohana (Haryana)
*Email: jain.sumesh@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 22 April, 2015.
Housing is one of the most fundamental requirements of man along with food and c1othings. The increasing populations have made the situation miserable to face seriously the uphill task of providing workable shelters to the people. Due to limited natural resources, Ecological considerations and financial scarcity, the overall housing scenario represents a very gloomy picture and India is one of the worst sufferers in this regard.. According to National Committee of Urbanization, as many as 45% people in Urban area living somehow in just one room tenement i.e. nearly 5 persons in just one small room. The position is even worse in rural areas as so far very little care have been taken in this respect. This paper discusses the Growth of population from 1901 onwards. It also discusses the comparison of State wise Housing distribution shortage between 2007 and 2012. In end it also discusses how can this housing problem can be solved.
Low cost housing technology, cost, effectiveness, construction, India