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Reinforcing its commitment to sustainable construction and a greener future, ACC has inaugurated its state-of-the-art Green Building Centre (GBC) in Telangana鈥檚 Karimnagar district. Through its GBCs, ACC aims to create a positive social, environmental and financial impact towards developing cities in India. The centre was inaugurated by Yadagiri Sunil Rao, Mayor, Karimnagar Municipal Corporation, in the presence of Koleti Damodar, Chairman, Police Housing Corporation, Telangana, and Danish Rashid, Head, GBC ACC.Situated at Cherlabuthkur village in Karimnagar district, the aesthetically designed GBC will support Karimnagar, Warangal and its neighbouring rural areas. Local manpower has also been given training to produce various types of cement bricks using sustainable construction practices.Sridhar Balakrishnan, MD & CEO, ACC, said, 鈥淎t ACC, we strongly believe in embracing communities and working together to affect real change. ACC鈥檚 GBC business model benefits thousands of small-scale construction workers by giving them employment and training.鈥漌ith its vision to make Karimnagar GBC the first water positive unit in India, the unit is powered with high-capacity curing chambers, the first of their kind in Telangana. To ensure high quality standards, a fully equipped inhouse quality control laboratory has also been installed. Apart from providing rural and semi-urban housing solutions, the project is aligned with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of a 鈥楥lean India鈥�.ACC GBCs will also support local micro-entrepreneurs to make and distribute affordable cement-based home building components and prefabricated materials such as fly-ash bricks, concrete blocks, tiles, pavers and sanitation units. With these products, local bodies and Panchayats in Karimnagar will gain insights about significantly improving their village infrastructure.Each GBC currently enables 100 homes every month, generating 30 direct and 120 indirect jobs. As part of its overarching aim of 1 million affordable houses and toilets over the next 10 years, ACC strives to showcase its construction expertise and demonstrate its commitment to sustainable rural enterprise.