As Bengaluru's elite look skywards for a way out of the city's traffic congestion, 20 high-rise buildings, including 10 residential towers, have been given clearances to have helipads for commercial and personal use.
Bengaluru currently has only one operational helipad on a high-rise, atop ITC Royal Gardenia, while Mumbai has four, the most famous of these atop Mukesh Ambani's residence Antilia. Delhi has no operational helipads.
Golden Gate Residential at Yeshwanthpur, the city's tallest building with 49 floors, will soon have a helipad. Brigade EnterprisesBSE 0.76 % is in the process of opening its maiden helipad in the city atop its 32storey World Trade Centre at Malleshwaram. It plans to set up helipads on two of its residential projects as well. "Setting up helipads makes business sense as we have some premium clientele," said Roshin Mathew, president (engineering), Brigade Enterprises.
As Bengaluru gains height to accommodate the hordes of people streaming in from across the country, more helipads will become a necessity . As per the fire safety norms for residential buildings, it is compulsory for any building above 60m or 18 floors to have a helipad for emergency lifting. "Helipads should be built above the terrace of the building, with fire prevention system extended to the helipad area," said NU Erappa, Deputy Director (fire prevention), Karnataka Fire & Emergency Services.
04/03/15 Sobia Khan & Athira Nair/Economic Times
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Bengaluru currently has only one operational helipad on a high-rise, atop ITC Royal Gardenia, while Mumbai has four, the most famous of these atop Mukesh Ambani's residence Antilia. Delhi has no operational helipads.
Golden Gate Residential at Yeshwanthpur, the city's tallest building with 49 floors, will soon have a helipad. Brigade EnterprisesBSE 0.76 % is in the process of opening its maiden helipad in the city atop its 32storey World Trade Centre at Malleshwaram. It plans to set up helipads on two of its residential projects as well. "Setting up helipads makes business sense as we have some premium clientele," said Roshin Mathew, president (engineering), Brigade Enterprises.
As Bengaluru gains height to accommodate the hordes of people streaming in from across the country, more helipads will become a necessity . As per the fire safety norms for residential buildings, it is compulsory for any building above 60m or 18 floors to have a helipad for emergency lifting. "Helipads should be built above the terrace of the building, with fire prevention system extended to the helipad area," said NU Erappa, Deputy Director (fire prevention), Karnataka Fire & Emergency Services.
04/03/15 Sobia Khan & Athira Nair/Economic Times
