Employees at government office wear crash helmets at their desks

Employees at a decrepit government office in India wear crash helmets at their desks to avoid being injured by slabs of the ceiling falling onto their heads

• The dilapidated state of the office indicates why they are taking no chances 

Employees at a decrepit government office India have taken to wearing helmets while at work to avoid slabs of the ceiling crashing onto their heads.

Male employees at the ‘Development Office’ of Jagtial district, in Telangana, have been sitting at their desks with crash helmets on.

K. Narasimhamurthy, revenue divisional officer said: ‘The job of that department is to develop the district by giving the internet to villagers and creating infrastructure.’

The dilapidated state of the office indicates why they are taking no chances. The walls look as though they have not been painted for decades and plaster is peeling off the walls and ceiling. In some areas it has come off completely, exposing the bricks.

A few months ago, a fellow worker narrowly escaped brain injury when a chunk of the ceiling fell on him. Local reports say the staff have been demanding relocation to a safer building. 

Employees at a decrepit government office India, have taken to wearing helmets while at work to avoid slabs of the ceiling crashing onto their heads

Employees run the risk of brain injury every time they visit the office to get their work done.

Heavy monsoon rains have added damp and seepage to the unsightly mess. Bats have also settled in the ceiling.

In June, the Telangana state government ran very lengthy commercials on television extolling its achievements in bringing about progress. 

The visuals were of gleaming offices and ultra-modern factories.

The voiceover of one commercial said: ‘The government has delivered a century of development in less than a decade.’

Employees run the risk of brain injury every time they visit the office to get their work done

The images came as no surprise to Indians. Even in the capital of New Delhi, government offices are insanitary and ramshackle. 

The Foreigners’ Registration Office, which all foreigners who live in India have to visit to extend their visas, is a riot of electrical cables bunched together and hanging dangerously low, broken tiles.

Stained walls seem not to have been painted for years and huge piles of dust-filled files almost touch the ceiling, while broken desks are held together with packing tape and there is an overpowering stench of urine from the toilets.

Telangana official K. Laxminarayana, the head of rural development, told the Daily Mail: ‘The workers in the Development Office will be moved soon to another building.’

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