Wary of roof falling, staff work wearing helmets
- Shamli: Over 40 employees of the state power department, including engineers, clerks and contractual workers, are forced to wear helmets while working at the met retesting lab inside the British era building of UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPCL) in Bagh pat's Barut town. The reason is the dilapidated condition of the structure, where chunks of plaster keep falling from the erector. roof at regular intervals.
- "We have to wear helmets to protect ourselves as we don't know when the plaster from the ceiling would fall and hurt us. There have been incidents in the past when workers were injured. Al- though no major accident has happened, it is too risky," said Vedpal Arya, who works as a computer operator.
- The situation gets worse during the lay season as cracks have appeared in the roof over the years and rain- water keeps dripping, the employees said, adding that despite repeated requests, little has been done by the authorities concerned.