<p>Good news for the track doubling project of the Mysore-Bangalore railway line.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A team of experts conducted a spot inspection with regard to shifting Tipu Sultan’s armoury, coming in the way of the doubling project, to a place 50 metres away. The shifting project is estimated to cost Rs 24 crore.<br /><br />The inspection was conducted using a GP radar machine by a team of experts headed by Dr G Satyanarayana. A report on shifting the monument, said to be weighing 1,000 tonnes, using iron rods will be submitted to the Railways. <br /><br />The inspection is being carried out to know what lies at a depth of 25 feet at the spot where the armoury is likely to be shifted to. It will also ascertain whether the spot is suitable for relocating the monument.<br /><br />The expert team is mulling over two methods to shift the monument safely - pushing it forward with the help of iron rods or dismantling the structure layer by layer from the top and reconstructing it at the designated spot.<br /><br />The first option is likely to be preferred to the second one. The first method is a modern one and involves digging an 18-foot deep canal and pushing the armoury forward with the help of iron rods. <br /><br />“The project will a first-of-its-kind effort in the country,” said senior engineer S A Reddy. “Our team will submit the report at the earliest. Officials of the Railways and the archaeology department will decide when the exercise starts,” Reddy said. <br /><br />Jayagopal, Managing Director of Struct Geotech Research Laboratory Private Limited, Sunil Sonnad and Vasudeva Rao of the National Design Research Forum and others are part of the team of experts.<br /></p>
<p>Good news for the track doubling project of the Mysore-Bangalore railway line.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A team of experts conducted a spot inspection with regard to shifting Tipu Sultan’s armoury, coming in the way of the doubling project, to a place 50 metres away. The shifting project is estimated to cost Rs 24 crore.<br /><br />The inspection was conducted using a GP radar machine by a team of experts headed by Dr G Satyanarayana. A report on shifting the monument, said to be weighing 1,000 tonnes, using iron rods will be submitted to the Railways. <br /><br />The inspection is being carried out to know what lies at a depth of 25 feet at the spot where the armoury is likely to be shifted to. It will also ascertain whether the spot is suitable for relocating the monument.<br /><br />The expert team is mulling over two methods to shift the monument safely - pushing it forward with the help of iron rods or dismantling the structure layer by layer from the top and reconstructing it at the designated spot.<br /><br />The first option is likely to be preferred to the second one. The first method is a modern one and involves digging an 18-foot deep canal and pushing the armoury forward with the help of iron rods. <br /><br />“The project will a first-of-its-kind effort in the country,” said senior engineer S A Reddy. “Our team will submit the report at the earliest. Officials of the Railways and the archaeology department will decide when the exercise starts,” Reddy said. <br /><br />Jayagopal, Managing Director of Struct Geotech Research Laboratory Private Limited, Sunil Sonnad and Vasudeva Rao of the National Design Research Forum and others are part of the team of experts.<br /></p>
