All in a day
I must admit this day was an adventurous day of sorts. It is not always that you get to visit the construction site of the tallest building in Mumbai and quite possibly this part of Asia. Being on the edge of the 40 odd floor under contruction wasn’t thrilling enough, the birds eye view of the entire Mumbai was just awesome! You have to see it to believe it. Despite some heavy smog(Mumbai’s pollution!), we could clearly see distant places - like Nehru Planetarium from Mumbai Central!
The project for S.D. Towers, consists of two twin towers, each around 62 odd storeys by S.D. Corporation. (If you think like me, there is no connecting bridge! ‘It is a resendial building’ - I was answered. Our batch of 30 students were well instructed with the project details, construction fundas and the structural design of the same from the contractors - Shapurji Palanji (or is it Shapurji & Pallonji & Co.). The other prominent names with the project include Hafeez Contractor for the Architecture and the Pune based Y.S.Sane for the Structural Design.
That is pretty much it. When I returned home, I was happy to see the Dish TV package getting upgraded. While I was still trying to come to terms with the slew of channels on the full package, I had fallen asleep. When I woke up, it was late evenings and the rain Gods were at it again. The window just behind my desk was left open, and my laptop enjoyed a nice bath. I had to let it dry off for a few hours before I could gather the courage to power it on.
October 28th, 2006 at 11:02 am
Any pictures at all of the views from SD Towers?
October 28th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Sorry mate, cellphones weren’t allowed. We went through a very strict checking before entering the construction site. But the view was mind blowing to saw the least. Standing at the edge of 40th floor is really some experience.