Broad Flange Beams

Since 1942 the building industry in India has suffered a heavy set back. The world war extending from 1939 to 1945 and the after-war inflationary period continuing well beyond the fifties, together with the Government of India's heavy programme of construction works under the 1st five year Plan under implementation have all contributed to a heavy curtailment of the building industry's activities in the private sector. Scarcity of important building constructional materials like, cement, mild steel rods and rolled steel joist sections, and scarcity and high prices of other building materials generally contributed to slowing down of building programmes, with the result that acute housing shortage is now being felt all over the country. The partition of India, and the heavy influx of refugees and evacuees into the Indian Union and the question of their proper resettlement, accommodation of workers, government servants, and the masses of the general public have together presented a formidable problem that requires proper tackling and careful thought.