Tipu Armoury on rails: Armoury was elevated and moved by about 25 metres on Day 1

The works on shifting Tipu’s armoury finally began this morning to make way for the completion of Mysuru-Bengaluru Railway double track in Srirangapatna near Mysuru.

Expert engineers, architects and monument shifting experts, who conducted a test to find out the feasibility to move the structure, were successful and the historic structure was moved by 8 metres by using Hydraulic Body Push Rams till we went to the Press today.

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This post was published on March 7, 2017 3:46 am