Shillong (Meghalaya), May 22 : The dome of the under-construction new building of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly collapsed on Sunday.
The incident took place at around 12.30 am.
However, there was no casualty reported as there was no workers present at the construction site at Mawdiangdiang under the New Shillong Township during the incident.
The 70-tonne dome of the Rs 177.7 crore building constructed by a UP-based UPNRNNL .
The Executive Engineer of PWD (Building) Ransom Sutnga has stated that the cause for the collapse of the dome at the New Assembly Building at Mawdiangdiang was due to a design flaw.
He said that the false columns atop the cross-beam constructed as per the design could not support the weight of the dome and GRC moulding as the dome weights approximately 70 tonnes.
Sutnga added that the design of the building was vetted by IIT Roorkee.
The Executive Engineer informed that the debris will be cleared in 2 weeks time and reconstruction will begin with a new simpler design and would take another 8 months to be completed.
He added that the false columns atop the cross-beam constructed as per the design could not support the weight of the dome and GRC moulding as the dome weights approximately 70 tonnes.
The Executive Engineer informed that the debris will be cleared in 2 weeks time and reconstruction will begin with a new simpler design and would take another 8 months to be completed.
Work on the new building was started in June 2019and was to be completed by August 2022.
It would now take at least another 8 months to raise a new dome structure.
Additional inputs : Agencies
