Chinese company plans tallest tower

Chinese Tallest Tower Surat Municipal Corporation

A Chinese company has expressed its willingness to build a 61-storey tallest tower at a shortest possible time in the Diamond City for the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC). If the planned project is executed, this could be the tallest government building in India. SMC has been operating from the historical Mughal Sarai building that was built way back in 1644 during the reign of Shahjahan. In this connection, the Chinese delegation comprising government firms that are into construction business visited Surat and claimed that they could construct this fully environment friendly skyscraper using pre-fabricated technology. SMC officials said that they are checking the feasibility for this project on the 22,000 sq m land on the Ring Road where old sub-jail once stood. At least 13 consultants have been asked to prepare designs and submit them to SMC authorities for selection and approval, municipal commissioner, Milind Torwane, said. The mega project of SMC headquarters will take shape through public-private partnership (PPP).