Chepauk Stadium Wall Collapses

[Krishnan]

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chepauk-stadium-wall-collapses-2-injured/142167-3.html

Chennai: Two people were injured when a wall collapsed at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. The incident happened on Wednesday morning after ticket sales for World Cup matches started at the Chepauk Stadium.
A heavy crowd gathered outside the stadium and some of them leaned on to the compound wall resulting in its collapse. A 23-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman were injured and have been admitted to a hospital.
Chepauk Stadium officials said that the compound wall that collapsed was freshly cemented as a part of the renovation process for the World Cup.

When the crowd leaned on to the wall, it could not sustain the weight and collapsed, they said. Around 500 people had queued up for the tickets.

[Afridi_Fan]

This just keeps getting better and better. :)))

[kingusama92]

This is becoming common place for India isn't it?

First the commonwealth games now this. :facepalm:

These organizers don't learn.

[Mobashir]

I am waiting for the next world cup, this world cup is going to be poor.

[Afridi_Fan]

I am waiting for the next world cup, this world cup is going to be poor.

No, it won't be poor. :misbah

[Krishnan]

I am waiting for the next world cup, this world cup is going to be poor.

lol

[Mobashir]

lol

This is not because of India, don't worry, i would have the same thing if Pakistan was still hosting it.
The format is POOR and I love watching cricket when it's played in Australia.

[Krishnan]

This is not because of India, don't worry, i would have the same thing if Pakistan was still hosting it.
The format is POOR and I love watching cricket when it's played in Australia.

man your comment was funny in a nice way,thats y lol.No issues of india,pak.i myself hoping for a interesting world cup this time, after i stayed lots of nights up the last world cup just to see australia mauling its way through everyone without losing a single game.

[161]

Sheesh .. it's gonna be like the Commonwealth Games all over again !

[MIG]

What does ticket sales have to do with the strength of the wall?

[Afridi_Fan]

What does ticket sales have to do with the strength of the wall?

Deewaar sey taik laga ker kharey they aur deewar ney un per taik laga di. :P

[MIG]

Deewaar sey taik laga ker kharey they aur deewar ney un per taik laga di. :P

Reminds me of Zia era slogan - "Girti Dewar ko aik dhaka aur do" :D

Hope they build stronger walls for the other stadia - our people dohave that habit of leaning on any structure they find.

[Mobashir]

Everything wall is falling in India since Dravid has lost his form.

[hussnainn]

Arz kiya hai

Deevar kya giri mere kachay stadium ki...
Logon ne pak passion pe mazaq bana liya..

:D

[Amir]

Everything wall is falling in India since Dravid has lost his form.

Maybe that wall was protesting another Wall's dropping?

[cricketindiafan]

Lalit Modi must be having a great laugh. The guy was corrupt but got the things done. These jokers are corrupt as well as nalayak and nikkamma.

[ganeshran]

It was a freshly cemented wall. When the crowd came to buy tickets around 500 of them leaned on the wall which was not dried yet. Hence it collapsed.

[dinakar]

It was a freshly cemented wall. When the crowd came to buy tickets around 500 of them leaned on the wall which was not dried yet. Hence it collapsed.
forget about freshly cemented, I'm proud to say that we had collapsed a strongly built wall to watch a film shooting :D :D

[kingusama92]

It was a freshly cemented wall. When the crowd came to buy tickets around 500 of them leaned on the wall which was not dried yet. Hence it collapsed.

Which bodes the question - why didn't they cordon off that area?

Surely, it's a safety hazard to be standing around a freshly cemented wall?!

It's unprofessional from one angle or the other. :))

[ganeshran]

forget about freshly cemented, I'm proud to say that we had collapsed a strongly built wall to watch a film shooting :D :D

haha we can make anything collapse :D :D

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[ganeshran]

Which bodes the question - why didn't they cordon off that area?

Surely, it's a safety hazard to be standing around a freshly cemented wall?!

It's unprofessional from one angle or the other. :))

Yup it is. Most projects in India are conducted unprofessionally unless the stakes are high enough or the outcome personal to the executing parties.

Thats why we have a inefficient (mostly) public sector but a private sector which achieves international standards.

[Watsupdoc]

Arz kiya hai

Deevar kya giri mere kachay stadium ki...
Logon ne pak passion pe mazaq bana liya..

:D

Wah Wah

[Amjid Javed]

It was a freshly cemented wall. When the crowd came to buy tickets around 500 of them leaned on the wall which was not dried yet. Hence it collapsed.

So no Signs were put up saying "Stay clear Wet cement"?

:)))

[hussnainn]

Wah Wah

Adaab arz hai..

[DeadlyVenom]

So no Signs were put up saying "Stay clear Wet cement"?

:)))

From my experience of Asians they wouldnt have cared. Probably would have tested the wall to see if the sign was correct or not.

[s2k]

From my experience of Asians they wouldnt have cared. Probably would have tested the wall to see if the sign was correct or not.

So no Signs were put up saying "Stay clear Wet cement"?

:)))

Sawaal aur Jawab dono mil gaaye

[W63L35]

Come on guys... what is the big deal???

The wall would have eventually come down anyway, after the fans had set it on fire after India lost in SF!

[IM NOT YOU]

i dont think we should laugh about this too much ...

Pakistan have a bad history of collapses in World Cups...:S

[mastermind_quad]

I first read the title as ...... "Chepauk Stadium Will Collapse" ...lolz...:)

[ITGuy]

We are Indians. We are like this only :D

[Ironcat]

Can the world now appreciate what the Ming Dynasty did for us?

[pakistan_pride1]

bhuat acha hua

[W63L35]

i dont think we should laugh about this too much ...

Pakistan have a bad history of collapses in World Cups...:S

But that's most in away stadiums! :P

[Bullet Drive]

What the hell man, sort it out India! you will never see this in Pakistan.

[jasimisbest2]

We pray for the best in the world cup and hope everything goes well for Sri Lank, India and Bangladesh....

lets enjoy rather then pick on silly news headlines!!!

[ChennaiFan]

Maybe that wall was protesting another Wall's dropping?

Everything wall is falling in India since Dravid has lost his form.

BCCI needs to employ a Kamran Akmal in each stadium to catch the falling wall. :kami