Large-scale industrialisation have resulted in great expansion of building programme. Prohibitive land cost in urban areas and demand to meet large population in urban areas have made way for construction of tall buildings called as multi-storeyed buildings. Thus, we have reached a stage now that multi-storeyed construction is essential and inevitable in urban areas. Buildings with more than five stories are called as multi-storey buildings. Most of the tall buildings in cities have five to twelve stories. But in metros like Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, 20- to 25-storey buildings have started coming up.
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