The Hindu A portion of the Mairie demolished on Sunday in Puducherry. Photo: S. S. Kumar

The Puducherry Government on Sunday began the demolition of remnants of the Mairie (Town Hall) building on the beach promenade which caved in under the impact of rains. Officials brought an earthmover and crane and pulled down the remnants of the building.

Official sources said the remnants of the dilapidated structure was unsafe and might cave in at any moment. Chief Minister N. Rangasamy had inspected the site and ordered the demolition in the interests of safety of people passing by on the Beach Road. The demolition would be completed in three days.

The government plans to construct a replica of the original building in its place. A meeting will be convened with INTACH and other agencies to decide on the next course of action, a source in government said. Many other heritage buildings are already in various stages of ageing and have become unsafe. We will be inspecting all these buildings and ascertaining their structural stability, he said.

Meanwhile, Communist Party of India (CPI) has blamed the government for not properly maintaining the building. CPI secretary R. Viswanathan said that though the government had started the renovation last month no steps were taken for strengthening the building and enhancing its lifespan. The government should assess the cause of collapse and initiate stringent action against those who were responsible, he said.

Congress MLA K. Lakshminarayanan said that the government should demolish the structure and build a replica as soon as possible. The government had already spent funds for renovation of the structure in 2000 and 2007. Several other heritage structures including the VOC School, Calve College and the Pensionnat De Jeunes Filles (Government Girls French High School) had become unsafe for human dwellings and should be demolished, he said.

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) A Tuscaloosa bridge is coming down after nearly seven decades as part of the original "Gateway to the University of Alabama."

The Tuscaloosa News reports (http://bit.ly/1y5bQuu ) the historic viaduct bridge on University Boulevard leading into Tuscaloosa's Alberta City neighborhood was built in the 1940s after World War II. Demolition on the old bridge is scheduled to begin Monday to make room for a new one.

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URBANA Demolition of the old Hanford Inn & Suites in north Urbana is expected to begin this spring, said Kelly Dillard, whose company will take it down.

The project will be a bit of deja vu for Dillard, who last winter and spring tore down another abandoned hotel a one-time Holiday Inn in north Champaign that later became the Gateway Studios apartments.

In both cases, Dillard plans to market the properties for redevelopment. Both are located along the Interstate 74 corridor, with the Hanford just north of the Cunningham Avenue interchange and the Gateway on the south side of the Neil Street interchange.

At the Hanford site, Dillard's company, Dig It of Champaign, has already cut down weeds and trees. He plans to start demolition of the 140-room hotel in March or April.

"It's more costly to demolish things in wintertime," he explained. "It's harder on men and machines. Machines break down more, it takes longer for them to warm up, and metal is weaker in cold weather. It's generally 25 percent more expensive to do anything in winter than in the summer."

Plus, the Hanford will need asbestos abatement. Asbestos was used to strengthen paint sprayed on room ceilings, he said, and the paint will have to be scraped off and put into special dumpsters.

Total cost of demolition is expected to be about $400,000, with the city of Urbana slated to reimburse Dillard for $300,000 of that once the building is demolished and the lot is clean.

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