No.P3/2-14/Chennai City
North dt. 17.09.2013
To
The Postmaster General,
Chennai City Region,
Chennai 600 002.
Sir,
Sub: Damaged condition of the II floor of the Park town HPO building –
Request for
Demolition of the entire roof
portion and beams and reconstruction
afresh – Reg.
Ref: 1. JCA, Chennai City North Dn. Letter
No. PT HO/Ceiling/2013 dt. 14.09.2013.
2. Copies of photographs of
Debris taken on 14.09.2013 at Park town
HO bldg.
….
Your kind attention is
invited to the reference cited. You may aware that the ceiling and beams of the second floor of
Park town HPO building is totally in a damaged condition , the TMT rods of the concrete structure in
many places are totally corroded, in the frequent rains, visibly
seems very thinner, and lost its
strength. Various mega size
cracks are found in the connecting
beams of the ceiling , in between pillars
and the structure at second floor
may collapse at any time.
The incident took place on
14 th September 2013 is only a prelude and
the life of the staff working
there is at high risk . If the
person working there is at his seat at the time
of falling of the huge block concrete, he would definitely lost his
life, the pathetic picture of the broken chair, shows the reality. When the
matter was reported to the knowledge of the
Regional administration, it is
learnt that, they have directed the
Civil wing authorities to carry out just the
scrapping and relaying of
weathering course and further to
undertake patch works in the damaged areas and cracks.
We feel, this is not
correct on the part of the administration , and only betting the
lives of the serving employees at the cost of any contracts already
awarded by the Civil Wing. Whatever may be the powdering work now undertaken,
that would not strengthen the completely
corroded TMT rods within the concrete
structure . Hence , scrapping the entire
roof slab and beams and reconstructing
them afresh , is the only and correct
way to save the
building and the life of the
staff serving under
the roof.
On the above stated
circumstances, we request the PMG, CCR
to take immediate action so as to
i) shift immediately
the entire branches functioning
at the second floor to another
safe place either rented or
within the complex, in order to
run the day to day work smoothly ;
ii) stop any scrapping of
weathering course at the ceiling
now ordered for, and to assess afresh for
reconstruction of the entire ceiling with beams ;
iii)undertake the reconstruction works at the earliest
means , in order to accommodate
the entire branches as before.
With regards,
(J. RAMAMURTHY)
CIRCLE SECRETARY.
