Digital Goa, Aug 10 – Goa govt has named corrosion as the culprit in the stage slab collapse of Kala Academy open air auditorium. CM Pramod told the Hose today that the composite structure were under corrosion attack over 43 years resulting in sudden collapse of structural steel members/RCC slab. “Four Reports are obtained viz., from PWD, RITES, IIT-Mumbai and IIT-Delhi which is a Interim Report, indicated that failure of structure is basically due to corrosion of structural steel ISMB and N-Girders near support and also not being anchored/embedded in RCC slab causing reduction of load and moment resisting capacity of structural members,” said CM.
Meanwhile, PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral told the media that whitepaper on the slab collapse will be released after receiving final investigation report from IIT Delhi.
▪️ 85 % Kala Academy renovation work completed
House was also told that 85% renovation work of the iconic Kala Academy building work is completed and Oct 15,2023 is the expected date of completion of the project. “However due to collapse of slab of open Auditorium, it is delayed further as reported by the PWD,” the written reply states. On question related to penalizing the contractor for delay in completion of the work, the reply states, the matter of penalizing the agency will be decided at the time of granting extension of time to the Contractor by the PWD.
