Sri Lanka to be Home to Tallest Tower in South Asia

By Doug Lung
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Khaleej Times Online's article Sri Lanka to build tallest tower in South Asia by Qadijah Irshad says "Sri Lanka is set to build the tallest tower in the South Asian region, the government announced recently. The 350 meter-high tower building, the promoters claim, will be visible to India and Bangladesh."

The building will include luxury hotel accommodations and a revolving restaurant, but one of the main purposes of the "Lotus Tower" is to provide facilities for, the article says, "Fifty television services, 50 broadcasting services and 10 telecommunication providers." The tower podium will include a telecommunication museum, food courts, offices, conference hall and exhibition spaces. One of the goals of the project is to consolidate the high-powered TV and FM antennas currently perched on buildings around Columbo as part of the government's beautification plan.

The article claims that the Lotus Tower "will be the tallest building in South Asia and the 19th tallest building in the world."

When completed, it will stand 26-meters above the Eiffel Tower and 17.4-meters higher than the 332.6-meter Tokyo Tower. Construction is expected to take 30 months.

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack.
A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.