THE TIMES OF INDIA, KOCHI 6 TIMES STATE MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015 Bombs found in temple pond Keralite obtains patent for Pipe-Bombs Believed To Be At Least 15 Years Old, Police On High Alert emergency fire escape system TOI TIMES NEWS NETWORK that four among the five were live explosives,” said Sukumara Pillai. LaxmiPrasanna.Ajai The system is designed will facilitate a quick and safe es- Thiruvananthapuram: Workers Following this, the Bomb Detection @timesgroup.com in such a way that it cape route for the occupants, by engaged in cleaning of the Sreepa- and Disposal Squad (BDDS) was regulating the speed of descent of dam Pond inside Sreepadam Palace summoned. In the meantime, more Thiruvananthapuram: A new could be accessed from the escapees to acceptable levels. located just a few meters away from police personnel led by new deputy emergency escape system specifi- each floor of highrise “The chute will be supported by a the North Nada (gate) of the Sree commissioner (law and order) Kori cally for high-rise buildings de- buildings independently steel or concrete structure of Padmanabhaswamy Temple on Sanjaykumar Gurudin also ar- signed by a Keralite has earned beams or columns, alongside pro- Sunday fished out what is suspect- rived. BDDS officials found out patent from the controller general ings, which house more number of viding continuous spraying of wa- ed to be pipe-bombs, following that among the five, four were still of patents. Invented by M C David people per floor during working ter to minimize the effects of heat which the police went on high-alert live but low on intensity. They took from Kayamkulam, it features the hours. due to friction, while sliding down mode. them out around 5.30pm and took it mechanism to regulate the speed of “None of the existing methods the chute,” explained David. The officials, who moved the to a quarry at Poonkulam outside descent during evacuation at the to evacuate mention about any He had applied for patent in suspected explosives to a safe loca- the city, where they were subjected time of a fire break out or some oth- mechanism to regulate the speed of 2009 and his invention was recog- tion and detonated them, primarily it to detonation test. The test in- er emergency. descent of the escapees. The new nized five years later on April 13, assumed it to be more than at least volves keeping the suspicious arti- Most of the highrise buildings system provides proper escape 2015. The system would cost Rs 4 15 years old. IN SAFE HANDS: A bomb squad official shifting the objects suspected to be cle next to a real explosive and deto- in the state are provided only with equipment with a chute or a chan- lakh to complete the prototype of According to J Sukumara Pil- pipe-bombs, to the police van, on Sunday nating the latter. stairs (internal or external) for nel through which falling materi- the system, as the emergency es- lai, deputy commissioner and chief “In our test, all the five pieces emergency evacuation. But when a als are guided along the gravita- cape structure should have atleast security officer of Sree Padmanab- 10.30am. A peon of the archeology ty division, who were on patrolling went off, when the explosives near fire breaks out, internal stairs tional force by regulating the speed 50m height. “I expect support from haswamy Temple, the five pieces department, who was overseeing duty there by around 12.30pm. The them were detonated,” said Guru- would be filled with smoke in no of descent,” said David. the government or industries to were pipe-shaped and made of iron. the work of draining the pond in officers, who grew suspicious see- din. The remaining particles will be time, making it impossible for peo- The system is designed in such take it forward,” said David. They were around 40cm in length connection with conversion of the ing the shape and also because two sent to forensic lab for a detailed ex- ple to navigate their way down. If a way that it could be accessed from Industries principal secretary and 5cm in diameter. They were palace into a heritage museum, materials emitted small amount of amination. Only after that can we somebody indeed manages to re- each floor of highrise buildings in- P H Kurien said the inventor could packed in a gunny sack and found moved the sack to the office of the di- fumes, alerted the anti-sabotage confirm whether those are bombs ach the external stairs, the descent dependently. As David puts it, the approach the science and technolo- around 1.5ft below, under the slurry rectorate of archaeology situated team of the temple security divi- or not, the DCP said, adding that a will be either too long or slow. The system is characterized by a U- gy department for support to com- on the base of the pond. adjacent to the palace. He informed sion. case in this regard was registered at scenario is far more compounded shaped fire proof seating arrange- plete the prototype of his inven- The sack was fished out around the police under the temple securi- “On inspecting, we found out Fort police station. in the case of commercial build- ment in a spiral sliding chute that tion. TELEVISION 1400 Husn Ke 1500 Whose Line Is It Laakhon Rang Anyway? MOVIES ON TV 1500 Disappeared 1600 Impractical 1600 Tehkikaat Jokers 1700 Blood 1700 AFHV Relatives 1800 I Survived A 0800 zoOmit Playlist 1800 Dead Of Night Japanese Game 1000 Top 20 1900 Tabloid Show 1100 Your Likes 2000 Disappeared ‘Tathastu ’ 1900 Whose Line Is It 1200 Planet 2100 Blood Relatives at 1700hrs ‘Ramayan’ at 2000 Hrs Anyway? 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