Pitampura TV Tower
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Pitampura TV Tower is a {{convert|235|m|adj=on}}-tall television tower, built in 1988, with an observation deck that is located in Pitam Pura, Delhi, India.
Dilli Haat Pitampura is also situated near the TV tower.{{cite web|title=Dilli Haat|url=http://delhitourism.nic.in/delhitourism/tourist_place/dilli_haat.jsp|work=delhitourism.nic.in|access-date=1 August 2013|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130801054248/http://delhitourism.nic.in/delhitourism/tourist_place/dilli_haat.jsp|archive-date=1 August 2013}} The Tower was dedicated to the Nation as Dr. B. R. Ambedkar TV Tower 10 April 1992 by the Minister for The State of Information & Broadcasting, Ajeet Kumar Panja.
History
The TV tower was built in 1988, in one of the biggest commercial/business districts of New Delhi. Netaji Subhash Place in Pitampura is one of the main local tourist spots of Delhiites.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} Delhi's second Dilli Haat, a traditional food and crafts bazaar, was developed by Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) in Pitampura, was established close to the TV Tower and spread over 7.2 hectares in April 2008.{{cite news|title=CM inaugurates Pitampura Haat|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/cm-inaugurates-pitampura-haat/296391/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730054519/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/cm-inaugurates-pitampura-haat/296391/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2012|work=The Indian Express|date=14 April 2008}} Also it has Pitampura Sports Complex by its side.
File:Pitampura TV tower as seen from Dilli Haat,Pitampura,New Delhi.jpg
In October 2010, Lt. Col. Satyendra Verma, an officer of the Indian Army Sports sky diving team, successfully performed India's first BASE jump on Friday, off the 235-metre-tall Tower.{{cite news |title= Armyman dares country's first BASE jump |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/30/stories/2010103059620400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421104812/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/30/stories/2010103059620400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2013 |newspaper=The Hindu |date= 30 October 2010}}{{cite news |title=Fall and rise of India’s first BASE jumper |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fall-and-rise-of-indias-first-base-jumper/704754/ |newspaper=The Indian Express |date= 30 October 2010 }}{{cite news |title=Pitampura Haat to be opened in November |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/03/stories/2007060306560300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921204229/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/03/stories/2007060306560300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 September 2008 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=3 June 2007 }}
On 5 January 2013 a fire broke out within the 200m high tower around 10:30pm and took 15 fire men to control it.
Public access
The tower is no longer open for the public, due to security reasons.
Accessibility
It is located at Netaji Subhash Place metro station of the Red Line of Delhi Metro. The tower is named after the Pitampura area and is near Pitampura Dilli Haat of New Delhi. It is located just opposite the Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce.
Further reading
- H.R. Viswanath: Television Tower in New Delhi with Revolving Restaurant at Top (India). in: IABSE Structures C-50/89, August 1989, {{ISSN|0377-7286}}, S. 50–51. ([http://retro.seals.ch/digbib/view?rid=bse-pe-002:1989:13::110&id=hitlist&id2=&id3= here online])
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Category:Towers completed in 1988
Category:Communication towers in India
Category:Buildings and structures in Delhi