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Food in the sky? Highrise farming idea gains ground

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 16:57

Imagine stepping out of your highrise apartment into a sunny, plant-lined corridor, biting into an apple grown in the orchard on the fourth floor as you bid "good morning" to the farmer off to milk his cows on the fifth.

Uphaar tragedy effect: SC to examine highrise buildings

Last Updated: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 22:53

In the backdrop of the 1997 Uphaar cinema tragedy which claimed 59 lives here, the SC on Thursday said it would like to examine the safety of multistoried buildings, which may include multiplex theatres, in the country.