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Road to eat up British-era post office
Road-widening in the Secunderabad Cantonment area is all set to erase a bit of history. A British-era post office building in Bowenpally will be razed soon as part of the development exercise.
The post office, adjacent to the Cantonment playground, has become a major bottleneck while widening the two-lane Bowenpally Medchal road (NH 44) to a sixlane one. As per the SCB records, the sub-post office is located on B-1 Land (placed under management of central government) in the Can tonment jurisdiction.
The small post office has been serving over 15,000 customers. Currently, nearly 4,000 mails, parcels and other postal services were being delivered to customers by the post office, which has 18 employees, including a sub-postmaster, four postal assistants and 13 postmen, said sources.
"The sub-post office is spread over 840 square yards. Already, we have marked the post office (35 feet) from the main road and soon it will be razed. We have sent letters asking them to vacate the premises as early as possible," an SCB engineering official told TOI.
"As per our road-widening proposal, we have decided to widen the Bowenpally road from 30 feet to 60 feet. The SCB CEO has already asked the postal department staff to vacate and handover the building. Once they hand over the structure to us, we will demolish the building," he added.
The post office, adjacent to the Cantonment playground, has become a major bottleneck while widening the two-lane Bowenpally Medchal road (NH 44) to a sixlane one. As per the SCB records, the sub-post office is located on B-1 Land (placed under management of central government) in the Can tonment jurisdiction.
The small post office has been serving over 15,000 customers. Currently, nearly 4,000 mails, parcels and other postal services were being delivered to customers by the post office, which has 18 employees, including a sub-postmaster, four postal assistants and 13 postmen, said sources.
"The sub-post office is spread over 840 square yards. Already, we have marked the post office (35 feet) from the main road and soon it will be razed. We have sent letters asking them to vacate the premises as early as possible," an SCB engineering official told TOI.
"As per our road-widening proposal, we have decided to widen the Bowenpally road from 30 feet to 60 feet. The SCB CEO has already asked the postal department staff to vacate and handover the building. Once they hand over the structure to us, we will demolish the building," he added.
Source:-The Times of India
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