Surat could soon boast of a 61-storey building built by the Chinese

No matter of happenings in the South China Sea and fears of Chinese submarines stealthily creeping up on us, the Chinese dragon has set tongues wagging in Surat, the Diamond City. It seems a proposal is fat gathering momentum about the Chinese building a towering 61-storey headquarters for the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC). The concept of such a skyscraper was suggested by the Prime Minister's Office and, hence, the Chinese team has visited Surat.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 4 May 2016.

Once the skyscraper finally gets built, it could be the tallest government building in India and will house commecial outlets also. Till now, SMC has been operating from the historical Mughal Sarai building built way back in 1644 during the reign of Shahjahan.
The Chinese delegation consisting of government firms that are into construction business had visited Surat last year. They have claimed that they could construct this fully environment-friendly skyscraper in very short time using pre-fabricated technology. This means a technology where things are prepared in a factory in advance and later assembled at the site.


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