‘Every Indian would be proud’: PM Modi on India’s 1st 3D-printed post office | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Indians will be proud of the country’s first 3D-printed post office, which was inaugurated earlier in the day.
“Every Indian would be proud to see India’s first 3D printed post office at Cambridge Layout, Bengaluru. A testament to our nation’s innovation and progress, it also embodies the spirit of a self-reliant India. Compliments to those who have worked hard in ensuring the Post Office’s completion,” PM Modi wrote on Twitter while sharing the images.

The post office was inaugurated by Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Bengaluru. “The spirit of development, the spirit of developing our own technology, the spirit of doing something which was considered impossible in the earlier times. That’s the defining feature of these times,” the railway minister said.
The entire construction activity was completed within 45 days as compared to about six to eight months taken by the conventional method.

According to the postal officials, the construction of this post office building was carried out by construction company Larsen & Toubro Limited while IIT Madras provided technical guidance.
“Having a 3D-printed concrete building constructed on site is a great initiative. This is a technology demonstrator. IIT Madras has done fabulous work on this. When this technology will become mainstream, we will see more such initiatives on taking this technology forward,” Vaishnaw said.