350-tonne temple moves for Madurai-Natham elevated highway


350-tonne temple moves for Madurai-Natham 

elevated highway

                        After three months of ground work, the shifting of mathaiamman temple at narayanapuram on new natham road began on friday with the structure being lifted 5 feet off the ground. The 21-year-old structure weighing 350 tonnes will be moved 25 feet away by saturday to save it from demolition for the upcoming madurai-natham elevated highway project. Hundreds watched the spectacle as a team of 30 labourers from haryana, nepal and bihar tirelessly worked to move the structure each millimetre. Hundreds of fully-grown trees were already axed on the route giving a clear indication that the temple will not be spared. Temple priest a damodharan told toi that the authorities wanted 15 feet of the temple to be brought down. “committee members suggested demolition and reconstruction but the estimated cost came to rs 1.2 crore, which was twice the cost incurred in construction,” he said and added that it was then that they came to know about the option to lift and shift the temple. The committee members visited a house at ellis nagar that was lifted about 5 feet off the ground and another building which was shifted to vagaikulam though they were considerably smaller. With engineering support from a anbil tharmalingam and technical support from a haryana-based firm specializing in shifting buildings, they decided to move the temple.

                 
Tharmalingam said the structure had a built-up area of 4,225 sq.ft, was 12 feet high till the roof and about 25 feet high including the tower. With meticulous planning, work began to first lift the structure and make arrangements to lay the basement for the place where it would be shifted, which would cost around rs 22 lakh. As many as 350 vertical jockeys were used for every one to two feet and 77 to prevent the roof from arching or collapsing when the base was lifted. Shifting began at 10.30 am and it took 3 hours to move the structure manually by 3 feet. Though it was required to be moved only 15 feet, the temple authorities said they were taking it 25 feet away to prevent a similar situation if highways department wanted more space for future widening works. After the main temple structure is shifted, the team will begin shifting the three sub-temples with a built-up area of 42 to 45 sq.ft. Each about 15 feet away. After shifting, the filling of the base and final touches will be completed in three weeks

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

South Indian Culture

Image
                                                              South Indian culture                                                                South Indian culture  refers to the culture of the  South Indian  states of  Andhra Pradesh ,  Karnataka ,  Kerala ,  Tamil Nadu  and  Telangana . South Indian culture though with its visible differences forms an important part of the Indian culture. The South Indian Culture is essentially the celebration of the eternal  universe  through the celebration of the  beauty  of the body and  motherhood . It is exemplified through its  dance ,  clothing , and  sculptures .                                   South Indian women traditionally wear the saree while the men wear a type of  sarong , which could be either a white  dhoti  or a colourful  lungi  with typical  batik  patterns. The saree, being an unstitched  drape , enhances the shape of the wearer while only partially covering the midriff. In Indian philosophy, the navel of the Suprem
Read more

MADIA GOND COMMUNITY

Image
                                    MADIA GOND COMMUNITY                    Madia Gonds :-   Madia  are one of the  endogamous  Gond tribes living in  Chandrapur District  and  Gadchiroli District  of  Maharashtra  State, and  Bastar division  of  Chhattisgad  State  India . They have been granted the status of a  Primitive tribal group  by the Government of India under its  affirmative action  or  reservation  programme. The Madia Gonds are strongly affected by  Naxal activities. The Madia Gond use the self designation Madia, and call the area where they live Madia  Desh . They speak the Madia dialect of  Gondi . The shifting agriculture of madia is known as jhoom. A study mentions living  megalithic  practices amongst the Madia Gonds. One of the findings of The Bench Mark Survey done in 1997–1998: 91.08 percent of Madia Gond families lived  Below Poverty Line .                     Madias today are doctors,  teachers, government employees and naxalites. Performance of school g
Read more

Jeffrey Connor Hall

Image
                                                            Jeffrey Connor Hall                          Jeffrey Connor Hall   is an American  geneticist  and  chronobiologist . Hall is  Professor Emeritus  of Biology at  Brandeis University  and currently resides in Cambridge, Maine. Hall spent his career examining the neurological component of fly courtship and behavioral rhythms. Through his research on the neurology and behavior of  Drosophila melanogaster , Hall uncovered essential mechanisms of biological clocks and shed light on the foundations for sexual differentiation in the nervous system. He was elected to the  National Academy of Sciences  for his revolutionary work in the field of  chronobiology .  Along with  Michael W. Young  and  Michael Rosbash , he was awarded the 2017  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine  "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm"                     Jeffrey Hall was born in Brooklyn, New Yo
Read more