Kolkata: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Monday issued a no-objection, allowing the city's tallest tower, The 42, to rise to its full height, and giving hope of a similar reprieve to another skyscraper in New Town. After initially giving permission, the aviation regulatory body had wanted both buildings to lower their heights over flight safety fears.
Until the AAI's green light came in, the 68-floor The 42 on the Chowringhee, next to Tata Centre, had faced the prospect of having its top 12 floors being chopped off to meet the revised height limit.
The other skyscraper, the 141m The V Kolkata, has had the sledghehammer positioned precariously over the top five of its 30 floors.
"We are happy that the embargo on the top floors of The 42 has been removed," said a relieved Amar Nath Shroff, chairman of Alcove Realty, a partner in the project.
Though AAI had originally cleared the proposed building up to a height of 260m in 2011, when the developers applied for a renewal of the NOC in 2016, it rejected it and reset the height to 198m, shaving 62m off.
09/01/18 Subhro Niyogi/Times of India
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Until the AAI's green light came in, the 68-floor The 42 on the Chowringhee, next to Tata Centre, had faced the prospect of having its top 12 floors being chopped off to meet the revised height limit.
The other skyscraper, the 141m The V Kolkata, has had the sledghehammer positioned precariously over the top five of its 30 floors.
"We are happy that the embargo on the top floors of The 42 has been removed," said a relieved Amar Nath Shroff, chairman of Alcove Realty, a partner in the project.
Though AAI had originally cleared the proposed building up to a height of 260m in 2011, when the developers applied for a renewal of the NOC in 2016, it rejected it and reset the height to 198m, shaving 62m off.
09/01/18 Subhro Niyogi/Times of India
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