So much for elf 'n' safety: Scaffolding that looks like a stairway to heaven (if the builders aren't careful)

By LEE MORAN

Best foot forward: Workmen put up scaffolding for a new shopping mall in Bhubaneswar, India


It is a city famous for its architecture and ancient temples - where construction methods seem to have remained firmly in the past.

This incredible photograph shows the death-defying lengths workmen in the east Indian city of Bhubaneswar are going to in building a new shopping mall.

Each of these 15 workers are seen perched precariously on panels of thin wire mesh, as they pass poles up to each other to put up a scaffold.


As capital of the Orissa state, Bhubaneswar was one of India's first planned cities and is currently enjoying a mini-boom in the retail industry.

Telecommunications, IT and engineering firms poured into the city in the 1990s - leading to the increase in demand for shopping malls.


source: dailymail