Construction Update

THE MAKING OF SAI KRUSHNA MANDIR- CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Sai Krushna Mandir after Phase 1 and 2

With the Divine Blessings and grace of our Beloved Swami, the ground floor of Phase 1 of the children’s home – Sai Krushna Mandir – will be inaugurated on 23^rd November, 2012. While there are numerous challenges, the SKM construction team is working to ensure that the foundation, construction and funding are all moving along expected timelines.

As you are all aware, owing to our stance of non-corruption with government authorities, the construction work began only on Gurupoornima-3^rd July. We are grateful to Swami that He has allowed us to complete the ground floor of the building in time to celebrate the inauguration of the ground floor on His birthday It is entirely a reflection of His grace on the project that in a short duration of about 4 months the ground floor of Phase 1 would be complete and the civil structure of the first and second floors would be done by November. The entire building would be finished by February/ March. It is expected that Sai Krushna Mandir will be functional as a children’s home from April/May 2013. That way, the children who will be coming will also be able to join during the change of academic session. We also invite applications for suitable volunteer families who will be willing to to live with and take care of the children.
 

By Swami’s grace the first floor roof work for Phase 1 of Sai Krushna Mandir was completed in the second week of October. The second floor roof is expected to be completed by the second week of November.  

The next few weeks will involve the wall plastering and other necessary completion work for the ground floor to have it ready in time for Swami’s birthday. Meanwhile, the other structural work for the first and second floor will also be on progress. Solar lighting is also being considered. This is expected to save operational costs in the long run and also be environment friendly. The lighting will support hybrid power sources- solar and electric – to ensure proper lighting even on rainy days. The members of the SKM construction team are also making frequent site visits to monitor the quality and quantum of progress.

Figure 2 : Sai Krushna Mandir Phase 1 after completion

Our construction consultants, the civil contractor Mr Umesh and members of the SKM construction team are all satisfied with the rate of progress and quality of construction. Kindly see the attached photos. The construction workers will be felicitated on Swami’s birthday.

We look forward to all your active involvement and participation in this God given opportunity. We also welcome you to come and visit the site and witness the making of Sai Krushna Mandir. From our side, we will keep you updated through Venugaanam and the website. You are free to contact us directly for any further information. We are confident that, just as Swami’s bounteous blessings ensured the procurement of excellent drinking water and land, Swami’s grace will crown our genuine intentions and He will continue to guide and bless the entire effort.