Tuesday 7 June 2016

[www.keralites.net] Rolling over a temple at Kallakuruchi in Villupuram district to a new location, 73ft away - Enter Limca Book of records [3 Attachments]

 

Rolling over a temple at Kallakuruchi in Villupuram district

to a new location, 73ft away, to enable widening of a highway in Tamil Nadu Engineering Team Rolls Over Old Tamil Nadu Temple To A New Site, Enters Limca Book Of Records! :-

The 17-year-old, Sri Muthumariamman Alayam temple situated along the Hosur-Bengaluru Highway was once an ant hill and developed into a prominent place of worship over the years.
The local temple was in trouble when it faced demolition after the land is acquired for a road widening project when the National Highways Authority of India decided to widen the highway to six lanes, the temple authorities were given an alternative site.
But, the building lifting firm rotated the 1,300sq ft temple weighing 250 tonnes to make it face east and moved it to the new site. The team of 13 workers completed the task in over three months from November 18, 2014 to February 28, 2015.
Tamil Nadu Temple Rolled Over


Haryana's TDBD Engineering Works Private Limited created history and entered the Limca Book of Records. The Limca Book of Records editor, Vijaya Ghose in the certificate said, "The structure was moved inch by inch to the new site with the help of 300 screw jacks and 250 rollers. The team of 13 workers completed the task in over three months from November 18, 2014 to February 28, 2015. The team took 26 days just for rotating it."

Tamil Nadu Temple Rolled Over

Tamil Nadu Temple Rolled Over

The firm already holds the record in Limca Book of Records for successfully lifting a large house and shifting it in Coimbatore. The firm lifted the 30-foot-high three-storey building with the foundation and then shifted it to a new site 45ft away with the help of rollers and jacks. The house belonging to M Thangavelu of Saibaba Koil at Mettupalayam measure 2,400sqft weighed around 400 tonnes. The team took 75 days (including 22 days for actual shifting) from March 15 to May 31, 2013.


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