Southern Railway vows to protect historic bungalows amid demolition rumours

The colonial period noticed a number of imposing buildings being constructed by the Britishers together with the Ripon Buildings, and the Southern Railway headquarters, which nonetheless stand the take a look at of instances.

Away from the general public eye, there are quite a few buildings or bungalows in and across the metropolis which can be nonetheless being inhabited. These are positioned in varied components of metropolis together with in Perambur, Nungambakkam, Integral Coach Factory premises, and Teynampet, the place principal heads of the division usually keep.

“No constructing is being demolished for any function,” mentioned a senior official of Southern Railway, within the wake of social media stories claiming {that a} bungalow of the Southern Railway in Nungambakkam can be demolished.

 Few of the bungalows embrace Cauvery and Bhavani on Haddow’s Road and Rail House, officers’ enclave of Gangotri and Gayathri on Sterling Road.  In all these bungalows, heads of the departments together with the General Manager, Additional General Manager, Divisional Railway Manager and Principal Chief Engineers reside, officers mentioned.

Though these bungalows aren’t coated below the Heritage buildings of the Heritage Conservation committee, these buildings are maintained as per the standard fashion, officers mentioned.

The bungalows had been initially constructed by the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Co. and the South Indian Railway and at the moment are owned and maintained by Southern Railway.

He mentioned all these bungalows the place the senior officers keep was maintained correctly although some civil points crop up then and there. However, all these colonial period bungalows are repaired as per the standard development observe by participating contractors who’ve correct data to keep up these buildings.