[Assam] Tie beam snapped - help the victim's family

[Himendra Thakur]

Re: [Assam] MC Mahanta's bamboo-reinforcement
Dear Barua,

 

With reference to your advice to young entrepreneurs on the topic of "Rainwater Harvesting System", I want to add what I wrote in my letter dated 8-20-06 to you : 

We must not give up hope. Young engineers of Assam today can invent & devise a "Rainwater Harvesting System" and save the excess water of the rainy days for the dry spells. They must be careful not to store water in overhead tanks exposed to sunlight which will cause growth of algaes and ruin the system, like what happened in Hawaii islands at one time. Overhead storage has the great advantage of distribution without pumping. However, location of overhead water thanks on flat-roof of buildings today will be a terrible earthquake hazard because these buildings were not designed for that kind of oscillating top-load. All these points must be considered while designing a "Rainwater Harvesting System".



Your sentence  "I would like to hear comments from learned MM if I am doing it wrong"  may misguide young entrepreneurs, who must develop a responsible way of doing their work. 



Responsible behaviour is mandatory. You have completely overlooked the confession of  Mr. Mukul Chandra Mahanta (appended below) that was posted in the net on August 21, 2006. Mr. Mukul Chandra Mahanta boasts  "No Govt. or anybody helped me to invent my epoch-breaking housing solution." He built and sold prefabricated buildings at rates-depending on IQ level of purchaser.  We do not know how the selling price of his building was proportioned to the IQ level of the purchaser, directly or inversely. 

 

In one such building, a tie beam snapped, and 1 person succumbed to injuries 3 days later after debris fell on his body.

 

Have you ever seen a man dying after debris fell on his body? 

 

Consider what happened here in Boston on July 10, 2006:  a concrete tile fell on a car in the underground tunnel known as Big Dig in Boston. One woman died in that accident. The Governor of Massachusetts ran to the site. With hard-hat on, the Governor was personally supervising the closure of the tunnel, repairing of the tile connections, and so on. The entire Turnpike Authority is now under serious overhaul. Responsible people will be severely punished. The compensation for the death is currently tabled as US$1 billion. 

 

You have not expressed a single word of sorrow for the death of the man under the prefabricated building of Mr. Mukul Chandra Mahanta where a tie beam snapped. This tie-beam was apparently designed by Mr. Mukul Chandra Mahanta who did not take anybody's help.

 

Public Engineering is a very responsible work. Human lives depend upon these. Designs must be checked and rechecked. Engineers always take each others help, and consult the points on a regular basis. For Mr. Mukul Chandra Mahanta, others are dogs: "Hum to Chaley Bazaaro mey, Kuttey Bhukey Hazaaron sey". 

 

As for the man who died under the Mahanta Building, I request you to consider that the Assam-net should open a Trust Fund to help the family of the dead man. I'll send $100/- as my donation to start this fund --- just please let me know where I send this amount. I appeal to everyone to come up with similar donations to help the victim family.

 

I request you not to misguide younger engineers by using oxymorons such as "learned MM".

 

With the best wishes,

Himendra



APPENDIX: CONFESSION OF MR. MUKUL CHANDRA MAHANTA dated August 21, 2006:

< complete report under oath in the net about how many of his prefabricated buildings collapsed and how many people died or got injured.>

Gladly : Pakor Liyaa!!

Under Oath-so be it!:  "I shall speak the truth, all the truth and nothing but the truth" .

 Let God give wisdom to all halfwits ,nitwits,perjurers and below-average hypocrites!

  a.. 3 buildings  collapsed out of the  32 total built -all proudly standing . I never Reinforce Concrete with Bamboo.It cannot work.No Govt. or anybody  helped me to invent my epoch-breaking housing solution. Only as they say "Hum to Chaley Bazaaro mey, Kuttey Bhukey Hazaaron sey". My IPR can be purchased at reasonable rates-depending on IQ level of purchaser. 
  b.. 1 person succumbed to injuries 3 days later after debris fell on his body. He was sleeping below at ground level-when a tie beam snapped at 2nd floor.I was not at that site since 4 month earlier.High court absolved me and the owner after 3 years. 
  c.. Happy Now?
My system is cool pucca Ghar in summer, Warm in Winter, theoretically 9 times more shock resistant in Earthquakes, needs 25% labour,25% material ,almost no foundation costs, fully recyclable--THE future Green housing Technology for the 3rd world!

Don't like it?

Then lump it.

mm

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barua25 
  To: assam at assamnet.org ; Chan Mahanta 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:23 AM
  Subject: Re: [Assam] MC Mahanta's bamboo-reinforcement


  Bhar water costs at Rs 20/-. Bhar= 30 litres. 

  Interesting. 
  If this is delivered drinking water to your flat, it is rather cheap, I would say. Less than a rupee per litre. 

  Here is a business tip to the local youth in Guwahati.
  If you have a plot of land in Guwahati, all you need to do is dig a deep well and produce free drinking water.  You may need little or no filtration at all.  Sell the produced water to the buildings in the city by a water tanker by pumping the water to the roof top tanks.  (You will be called whenever the city water supply will fail or there is extra demand of water in parties). You have unlimited supply of free water. You may not even need a license. You do the math how much profit you will make.

  I would like to hear comments from learned MM if I am doing it wrong.
  RB


    ----- Original Message ----- 

    At 11:20 PM +0530 8/21/06, mc mahant wrote:
      <B: Rainwater stored on roof-tops being infested by algae due to the  heat.>



              For those who are unfamiliar with algae, it is a plant organism
              and needs light to survive and multiply. Water tanks are usually dark
              ( at least the kind I have seen) and thus would not allow algae growth.

              Where is our resident scientist, Tilok Hatimuria, when we need him most

      A little arithmetic is called for.Say you have a roof area= 100 sq mtr. and annual normal rainfall =2m.You catch every drop and store.
      So to store 200 cu.mtr water in a 2.5 mtr deep underground tank  below your house,  you need Rs 5 Lakhs etra over just the house cost.
      You have a 10 member family -need 2 cu mtr water daily. So your annualHarvest of Stale rainwater goes for 100 days! And for 265 days you buy-because you did not dig your ring-well for Rs 10,000/-. At Gau today,Bhar water costs at Rs 20/-. Bhar= 30 litres. Hence you buy water--costing dailyRs 1200/-
      So much for today.
      mm
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