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Northeast India should go for traditional housing
Economic Times | IANS | Agartala, April 9 :
Quake-prone north-eastern India should switch to traditional forms of house-building, including houses made of bamboo and cane, that are flexible and able to withstand tremors, said experts at a meet here.
Considering north-eastern India's vulnerability to earthquakes, the experts at the Indian Building Congress (IBC) here on Sunday called for strict adherence to the building code to make houses in the region quake-resistant.
IBC's founder president OP Goel said that the traditional methods of constructing houses and buildings in northeastern states could be improved upon in terms of strength and durability, if reinforcement bars were used in every "joints and junctions" of the structures. He said : "The traditional houses made of bamboo and cane are much more flexible in bearing quake shocks."
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