World’s Tallest Tower Burj Khalifa To Reopen Observatory Deck
April 5th, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by GDBy Ranjan Bhaduri
Dubai, Apr 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The world’s tallest tower Burj Khalifa is reported to be opening its observation deck “At the Top” at the 124th floor, for all its visitors. The observation deck was closed down on February 7, following an elevator jam that trapped its passengers for 45 minutes.
Burj Khalifa is 828 meters high skyscraper which is built out of architectural geniuses of “EMAAR” which have declared the reopening of the observation deck for all public visits. Burj Khalifa is also into plans for making use of solar power to meet a daily requirement of 140,000 liters of water that shall be distributed among all the domestic households and commercial places within the skyscraper. The Managing Director of Emaar Properties, Ahmad Al Matrooshi told the media that it is one of the biggest step in urban development which is making abundant use of renewable sources like sunlight, to meet all daily and urgent needs like supply of water.
Reportedly, the recent visitors to Burj Khalifa seemed to be quite ignorant of the elevator incident and who shelled out 100 dirham, which is around $27. The visitors are taken for a 3-minute trip to “At the Top”. Following the news of the reopening of the deck, numerous enthusiastic visitors were spotted buying tickets for a ride to the 124th floor of Burj Khalifa. However, Emaar properties has been reluctant to share any comment about the elevator mishap which happened on February 7. They even refused to mention about any technical faults in the mainframe system which was said to be the chief cause behind the malfunctioning of the elevator.
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