Chennai: Several major post offices in the city are on the verge of caving in due to the postal department’s engineering wing adopting a lackadiasical approach to renovation. A series of wall collapses at the Park and Egmore post offices has had postal staff fear that more such could occur.
Chetpet post office staff aver that their building will be next in line as the cracks in the roofs are widening. Their repeated pleas to improve infrastructure have been disregarded. “Many post offices do not have even basic toilet facilities. We have brought this to the higher officials’ attention innumerable times, but in vain,” complained a staff member of the Chetpet postal circle.
Restoration work has begun at the Park post office, where the mishap occurred when no one was present, but members of the Postal Union fear for their colleagues in other post offices.
Chetpet post office that needs urgent renovation.
Even the historic General Post Office (GPO) complex, near Parry’s Corner, constructed in 1884 and which is under Schedule One of the Heritage category, is awaiting renovation. “Fire is reported in many heritage buildings these days.
We should be more careful and start GPO’s restoration as soon as possible. There is no point in delaying the process,” said Dr S. Suresh, state convener, Indian National Trust for Art and Culture Heritage.
Senior postal administrative officials said that all necessary measures were being taken in this regard which would allay the fears of their employees over dilapidated buildings. “Work is going on in some places: soon we will cover all the problematic regions,” said a senior India post official.
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