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Explosive demolition of illegal buildings in India
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Explosive demolition of illegal buildings in India

RE: Explosive demolition of illegal buildings in India

more details; it apparently took 9 years to get to this point, and the article implies there are lots more where that one came from. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/india-demolis...

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RE: Explosive demolition of illegal buildings in India

Yes... according to my friends in India, this is far from a rare case. I hope the Indian government continues to be able to implement penalties against those who have flouted the regulations and building codes for so long.

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RE: Explosive demolition of illegal buildings in India

It's interesting that the builder "flouted...regulations and building codes", and kept right on building:

There was excavation. There were cranes installed. There were multiple pours. They were topped out.

Nobody shut the job down.

I suspect there's more than just flouting going on.


On the plus side, the buildings apparently didn't start to fall over all by themselves, unlike a certain building in San Francisco.

One could wonder who built the better building.


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On the plus side, the buildings apparently didn't start to fall over all by themselves, unlike a certain building in San Francisco.

One could wonder who built the better building.

Well, that's a matter of opinion, isn't it winky smile The one in SF is leaning out of its design envelope. Of course, one could point to the one in Pisa as being the best one of the three, since it's still standing despite an even more serious tilt.

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There is little doubt in my mind that one of the greatest obstackles towards progress in countries all over the world is corruption. It pollutes the minds of high and low and works against law and order. The world is not a fair place - but corruption is poison. Sadly most politicians that runs on anti-corruption platforms turns out to rotten at the core sad

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RE: Explosive demolition of illegal buildings in India

The interesting thing about "corruption " is that it has a seamless continous gradation, from just being "responsive to interested parties" to full blown bags of money under the table, swiftly deposited in a swiss bank. The pretense that it doesn't occur in western nations is part and partial of our method of socializing the populace into believing the gov't is legitimate.

I had heard ( back in 1993) that one method used to demolish tall concrete buildings in China was to simply run a rubber hose to the top floor, seal off the doors and windows, and fill the top floor with water, until the entire building pancakes. Likely less costly than explosives or a crane.

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RE: Explosive demolition of illegal buildings in India

There is an assumption that the buildings in India were NOT leaning, and that is unknown.

RE: Explosive demolition of illegal buildings in India

These buildings were never topped out.
From the looks of the amount of material used in them they looked well built.
Though thick concrete with poor steel doesn't get you very far.

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RE: Explosive demolition of illegal buildings in India

So...unless you are the owner of said building, how is this either an "Engineering Failure" or a "Disaster"? I guess a failure to (hire an?) Engineer could be included in the forum title by implication...

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what engineer? ponder

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