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ShareDubai: The world's tallest structure Burj Dubai, an "unprecedented" engineering marvel that is ready to be thrown open to the public, was built with a major contribution from India - a vast labour force.
The tower, which will open on January 4 next year stands at over 800 m, with 160 floors, and is equipped with the world's fastest elevators that will travel at 64 kmph, besides the world's tallest performing musical fountain.
Over 14,000 labourers are currently working on several floors of the tower giving final touches to the high-rise, with more than half of them coming from India, a construction official told a group of visiting Indian journalists recently.
The 'Tower of Dubai' is nearing completion with the final leg of work on interiors and landscaping under progress.
According to official estimates, Indians comprise over 40% of the total labour force in the UAE.
Of the estimated 1.5 million expatriate Indians in the this country, a large number are engaged as labourers in the booming construction industry.
"Burj Dubai's construction and engineering techniques are unprecedented, and they are our contribution to high-rise development," said Mohamed Alabbar, Emaar Properties chairman.
The building consisting of 30,000 homes and a spectacular musical fountain which is over 275 m in length, with its nozzles spraying water to the heights of over 150 m -- equivalent to a 50 storey building.
