PU heritage buildings develop cracks after metro tunneling, officials promise repair

Time of India

2 days ago

Patna: Several heritage buildings of 108-year-old Patna University (PU), including the recently renovated historic Wheeler Senate House (renamed Jayaprakash Narayan Anushad Bhawan), have developed some prominent cracks because of the ongoing underground metro rail tunneling on city's Ashok Raj Path.
Following a complaint by the university, the metro rail project officials have inspected the cracks in the buildings, also including the administrative block of Patna Science College and geography department of 162-year-old Patna College located on Ashok Raj Path. These buildings had developed cracks during the construction of an underground tunnel for the metro rail project about three months ago.
The metro project officials have observed that during the construction process, the use of tunnel boring machines can cause vibrations and disturb the ground, leading to cracks in nearby structures.
They assured the PU authorities of getting all the cracks and damages in the buildings repaired soon, said PU dean of students' welfare and information officer, Anil Kumar.
"A portion of the PU vocational courses building located on Patna Science College campus was also demolished due to the ongoing metro construction work, but it has been repaired now. Institute of Psychological Research and Services (IPRS), presently located at Krishna Kunj, will also be temporarily shifted to the repaired vocational courses building.
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The existing IPRS building will be demolished soon so that a new science block (G+8 structure) can be constructed on the site," he said.
Academics mostly rue the development of cracks in the 99-year-old Wheeler Senate House, which has been renovated by the state govt at a cost of about Rs 3 crore just a couple of years back.
This hall, which compared favourably with the convocation halls of Oxford and Cambridge, served as a venue not only for senate meetings but also for other ceremonies, hosting personalities like Lord Mountbatten, Sarojini Naidu, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, C D Deshmukh, economist V K R V Rao and Vijayalakshmi Pandit at convocations.
Besides, scientists like Jagadish Chandra Bose, C V Raman, Meghnad Saha, Satyen Bose and S K Mitra addressed the students and faculty members on different occasions here.
People recall the historic public meeting held in the hall in 1946, in which Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru had to face much embarrassment owing to the communal disturbances in the state. It was Jayaprakash Narayan who had brought the situation under control and pacified the agitated people.
It was in this hall, where the representatives of students' unions of all universities, at a convention organised by the Patna University Students' Union in 1973, adopted a resolution for launching a statewide agitation against the misrule of the then govt. The agitation started just a few months later under the patronage of Jayaprakash Narayan, which ultimately changed the political scenario of the entire country.
Patna: Several heritage buildings of 108-year-old Patna University (PU), including the recently renovated historic Wheeler Senate House (renamed Jayaprakash Narayan Anushad Bhawan), have developed some prominent cracks because of the ongoing underground metro rail tunneling on city's Ashok Raj Path.
Following a complaint by the university, the metro rail project officials have inspected the cracks in the buildings, also including the administrative block of Patna Science College and geography department of 162-year-old Patna College located on Ashok Raj Path.
These buildings had developed cracks during the construction of an underground tunnel for the metro rail project about three months ago.
The metro project officials have observed that during the construction process, the use of tunnel boring machines can cause vibrations and disturb the ground, leading to cracks in nearby structures. They assured the PU authorities of getting all the cracks and damages in the buildings repaired soon, said PU dean of students' welfare and information officer, Anil Kumar.
"A portion of the PU vocational courses building located on Patna Science College campus was also demolished due to the ongoing metro construction work, but it has been repaired now. Institute of Psychological Research and Services (IPRS), presently located at Krishna Kunj, will also be temporarily shifted to the repaired vocational courses building. The existing IPRS building will be demolished soon so that a new science block (G+8 structure) can be constructed on the site," he said.
Academics mostly rue the development of cracks in the 99-year-old Wheeler Senate House, which has been renovated by the state govt at a cost of about Rs 3 crore just a couple of years back.
This hall, which compared favourably with the convocation halls of Oxford and Cambridge, served as a venue not only for senate meetings but also for other ceremonies, hosting personalities like Lord Mountbatten, Sarojini Naidu, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, C D Deshmukh, economist V K R V Rao and Vijayalakshmi Pandit at convocations.
Besides, scientists like Jagadish Chandra Bose, C V Raman, Meghnad Saha, Satyen Bose and S K Mitra addressed the students and faculty members on different occasions here.
People recall the historic public meeting held in the hall in 1946, in which Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru had to face much embarrassment owing to the communal disturbances in the state. It was Jayaprakash Narayan who had brought the situation under control and pacified the agitated people.
It was in this hall, where the representatives of students' unions of all universities, at a convention organised by the Patna University Students' Union in 1973, adopted a resolution for launching a statewide agitation against the misrule of the then govt. The agitation started just a few months later under the patronage of Jayaprakash Narayan, which ultimately changed the political scenario of the entire country.