Reopening of the popular 135ft Anna Nagar tower in Chennai soon
Posted on: 27/Feb/2018 10:24:40 AM
Situated in the north-western part of the city of Chennai, Anna Nagar is very important residential locality now. One unique feature of this place is it is the first and only township belonging to Chennai to follow standard addressing system belonging to western world and is superb.
It was in the year 1968 Anna Nagar Tower Park was built for public and the presence of 135 ft tall tower is remarkable sight. It must be noted that this tall tower has been closed for last 7 years but the park is opened for the public.
The fantastic piece of news is this 135 ft tall tower would soon be a place to see for many people as this amazing tower would be re-opened soon.
Restoring the public access to Chennai’s tallest Anna Nagar Tower park is now being considered by the civic body. It is worthy to note that the state tourism department has been sought out in this aspect and for funding for a project that is involved in adding safety features.
According to an official belonging to corporation, a proposal to improve and increase safety features in this 135 ft tall tower has been forwarded to the department of state tourism. The safety measures included grill fittings and the cost is estimated to be Rs 30 lakhs. It is now said that approval would be given soon regarding this.
A senior administrator at Rippon Buildings recently visited this Anna Nagar Tower Park and he was awestruck by the beauty of this park.
This senior administrator expressed his feelings and spoke about the magnificent piece of architecture and he also spoke about how the tower offers great view of Anna Nagar and its neighbourhood places from the top.
According to Mr. Anthony of tower park users association, many letters were sent to former mayor MR. Saidai Duraiswamy for the re-opening of this fabulous tower but there was no positive feedback from the corporation.
A resident belonging to Anna Nagar, Mr. Bhaskar shared his thoughts on this and said that the tower for closed because of few persons who committed suicides by jumping from the tower top. He further threw light on the fact that the security inside this tower park is minimal and could not keep an eye on the activities taking place in the tower park and the tower for closed from the year 2011 onwards due to many suicides committed here.
It is interesting to note that the corporation allowed limited access to the film and television shooting crew in this tower in these years. Constructed by an architect named B.S. Abdur Rahman this Anna Nagar Tower has been attracting many visitors since 1968 and even now this sensational tower is a landmark in this locality.
Recently this tower park was making news for wrong reasons and it is now said that CCTV cameras would be installed by the corporation. An official of corporation spoke about partitioning lawn areas from the concrete portions and how gates could prevent entry to the lawn area.
