Hyderabad, July 11 -- IT and Industries minister D Sridhar Babu has pitched for using eco-friendly technologies like composite and steel structures instead of reinforced cement concrete (RCC) for the construction of high-rises in the city.

He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of the two-day national conference on "Next-Gen high-rise buildings-advancement in composite and steel structures" held at the Engineering Staff College of India in Raidurgam on Friday, July 11.

Addressing the civil engineers, he said that using composite and steel structures would reduce the construction time by 40 percent and the cost burden by 30 percent.

He said that such structures were found to be effective in bearing the impact of earthquakes, as well a...