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The Development and growth of our communities, has adversely affected the quality of environment and has become a major threat to a sustainable society. Rapid industrialisation poses environmental issues, in terms of air, water pollution and land degradation .For a sustainable socio-economic system, sustainable environment is a prerequisite. The major challenge here is: how to ensure development in a sustainable manner by achieving a trade off between environment and development. In India around 11 million tonnes of by-product gypsum are annually. The average consumption of by product gypsum is only half the quantity produced. Hence the pile up of phosphogypsum may end up as a threat to the environment. Utilisation of Phosphogypsum as building material will clean the environment and transform the society by way of green ,affordable and rapid housing . Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG) building technology reduces carbon foot print , save natural resources and completely green . This technology has many advantages like Light weight, Crack free, Termite/fire Resistant, Time saving and flexible in all aspects of home plan designs In an attempt to bring new construction system for mass housing, Building Material and Technology Promotion Council ( BMTPC ,Under the ministry of Urban Development ,Govt: of India) has identified and evaluated GFRG technology as a building system which can help in providing safe, strong and quality housing in quick time. In India housing using GFRG wall panel has crossed 20lakh Sft and it is helping to build a better society with affordable and rapid housing .