This story is from November 7, 2019

UP: Banda power staff wear helmets, fearing injury from crumbling roof

Fearing injury from the dilapidated ceiling of their office, employees in Banda district office of the UP Power Corporation Limited have started wearing helmets to their workplace. Located in Peeli Kothi area, the part of the building in shambles is the metre reading lab of the electricity department.
UP: Banda power staff wear helmets, fearing injury from crumbling roof
The move was also seen as a protest against the apathy of Banda UPPCL authorities towards pending demand of the employees for repair
LUCKNOW/JHANSI: Fearing injury from the dilapidated ceiling of their office, employees in Banda district office of the UP Power Corporation Limited have started wearing helmets to their workplace. Located in Peeli Kothi area, the part of the building in shambles is the metre reading lab of the electricity department.
The move, which was also seen as a protest against the apathy of the authorities towards their pending demand for a repair, caught attention of authorities when pictures of the employees wearing helmets went viral on social media.
Soon, officials ordered an immediate repair of the building. However, they said the work would take about a week.
“Our request for repair is pending since June 2017. Skipping office is not an option so we decided to take precautions,” said one of the employees.
The photographs of the office speak volumes about the poor working condition. Remains of the rotting wooden false ceiling hangs over their head along with electrical wires.
“The damp walls in the office have developed fungus... In monsoon, water droplets also trickle down from them,” rued another employee.
One of the employees shared that a couple of months ago, a female visitor had a miraculous escape. “A huge chunk of the false ceiling fell upon her along with some debris. Thankfully, her injury was not deep,” claimed a clerk.
When contacted, Keshav Kumar Bharadwaj, chief engineer, Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd, Banda, said, “The matter has come to my notice. The ceiling is made of a tin shade with a plyboard false ceiling which has decayed. We are taking immediate action, it will be repaired within a week”.
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