How a US-based start-up is constructing buildings in India the Lego way

Katerra is also looking at launching a product in the affordable housing segment

Apart from the public health emergency of the Coronavirus spread, China also made headlines last week for building a makeshift hospital in a record 10-days to accommodate 1,000 patients infected with the virus.

Hundreds of miles away, in a small town of Tamil Nadu, a US-based start-up called Katerra is also executing building projects with great speed. It is building houses, offices and malls almost three times faster than the time usually taken. Using state-of-the-art technology, the company is making building blocks which can be fitted into each other like Lego pieces, facilitating construction which is dust free and at least