The government today said it will try to promote use of local technologies and material to build low cost houses for the poor. <br/><br/>Minister of State for Urban Development, Saugata Roy said low cost building material and use of local material is important for urban housing needs. <br/><br/>He was speaking at a seminar on low cost housing in New Delhi. Pointing out that the use of low cost material like fly ash was important for providing cheap houses to the economically weaker sections and the Low Income Group, the minister said that this assumed significance as the cost of cement was increasing.