One more church in Broadway develops cracks
Posted on: 30/Jul/2013 10:26:13 AM
The heritage Arcot Lutheran Church on Prakasam Salai in Broadway is the second church to develop cracks due to the ongoing work for the Chennai Metro. This 121 year old building started developing cracks after underground work started.
‘The building already had some cracks. The two cracks that emerged due to Metro Rail work are 0.2-0.3 mm wide. The area is highly congested and we expected cracks to occur. During the tunnelling work on the Washermenpet-Mannady stretch, 20-25 of the 750 structures we bored beneath developed cracks. We can only repair them… It would be difficult to drill in the area without cracks developing. There are 12 heritage buildings, including churches, on Prakasam Salai and some more of them may develop cracks’, say officials from the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL).
