Prestige Shanti Niketan building collapsed

joecherian · 23rd October 2008, 22:15

Today evening, when I was returning from office, found a huge crowd infront of Prestige Shanti Niketan whitefield. Upon nearing its front gate, could see that one portion of the building had collapsed.Now, I couldnt find any news on that in TV . Does anyone has more info on this ?

ramie2400 · 23rd October 2008, 22:27

Ohh man thats a sad news,i just hope the affected have strength to come-over this trauma,any updates anyone

BenjiRoss · 23rd October 2008, 23:15

Is this an apartment buidling? Any idea of injuries, damages?

lancer_rit · 24th October 2008, 00:09

Heard about it from a colleague. It was covered on TV9 it seems. Saw it briefly while driving back from work. It seems several people (i guess workmen on the site) died ?

Rehaan · 24th October 2008, 00:27

I opened this thread expecting to see some other news!

A building on Pedder Road in Bombay collapsed today as well i'm not sure but i think it was marcopia.

Unfortunately thats all i know.

cya
R

Vid6639 · 24th October 2008, 00:30

Shantiniketan is a residential apartment complex. It's still under construction stage.

Supposed to be one of the largest complexes by Prestige.

Prestige Shantiniketan Township, Residential Real Estate and Commercial in Bangalore.

theMAG · 24th October 2008, 01:46

The recent and still-ongoing rains must have contributed somehow.

lancer_rit · 24th October 2008, 03:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by vid6639

Shantiniketan is a residential apartment complex. It's still under construction stage.

Supposed to be one of the largest complexes by Prestige.

Prestige Shantiniketan Township, Residential Real Estate and Commercial in Bangalore.

vid, it has both a residential and commercial complex - huge complex. The buildings in the front flanking Whitefield road are commercial ones under construction. Though, this building which has collapsed is some distance inside (only the superstructure was done - floors, columns, beams etc, the walls were still to be finished), so not very sure if its was part of the residential block or commercial block.
Pretty sad!

mjothi · 24th October 2008, 06:39

Quote:

Prestige Group chairman Irfan Razack said there were no casualties, nor was any worker injured. IJM, a Malaysian infrastructure company, were the contractors for the project. Asked about the cause of the crash, he said: "We believe a concrete slab that was being laid fell, and that then had a cascading effect. While I don't think there's any structural problem, we will evaluate all possibilities that could have led to this."

Man, its really scarey.
Details here
14 floors of building under construction collapse-Bangalore-Cities-The Times of India

hemanthisgreat · 24th October 2008, 06:47

I think the TV9 guys were paid well to not raise the issue much. Y'day they only briefly covered it and never disclosed the name of he builder as prestige.

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ramie2400 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,903 Thanked: 66 Times View My Garage	Ohh man thats a sad news,i just hope the affected have strength to come-over this trauma,any updates anyone
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BenjiRoss Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tamilnadu Posts: 1,066 Thanked: 1,330 Times	Is this an apartment buidling? Any idea of injuries, damages?
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lancer_rit Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: bangalore Posts: 1,266 Thanked: 309 Times	Heard about it from a colleague. It was covered on TV9 it seems. Saw it briefly while driving back from work. It seems several people (i guess workmen on the site) died ?
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Rehaan Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 24,046 Thanked: 34,079 Times	I opened this thread expecting to see some other news! A building on Pedder Road in Bombay collapsed today as well i'm not sure but i think it was marcopia. Unfortunately thats all i know. cya R
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Vid6639 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,730 Thanked: 43,483 Times View My Garage	Shantiniketan is a residential apartment complex. It's still under construction stage. Supposed to be one of the largest complexes by Prestige. Prestige Shantiniketan Township, Residential Real Estate and Commercial in Bangalore.
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theMAG Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Avon, CT Posts: 7,217 Thanked: 1,807 Times View My Garage	The recent and still-ongoing rains must have contributed somehow.
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hemanthisgreat BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 594 Thanked: 50 Times View My Garage	I think the TV9 guys were paid well to not raise the issue much. Y'day they only briefly covered it and never disclosed the name of he builder as prestige.
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