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The Ministry of Road, Transportation and Urban Development is planning to set up a National Laboratory that will test 16 types of material used in building houses. This follows a host of complaints that construction companies have built apartments and buildings that do not meet prescribed standards. The Ministry also wants a center to study earthquake data.