Employees working in Baraut, Uttar Pradesh, wear helmets indoors due to concerns over a deteriorating roof in their office.

Over 40 workers at the local state power department choose to wear helmets indoors as they fear for their safety.

They claim plaster from the ceiling regularly falls to the floor. In some cases, they have to wear coats indoors too due to rainwater seeping in.

According to one of the employees, a survey was conducted in the office but no repair work was done.

Location - Baraut, Baghpat, UP
Date - 26-02-2023

These men with helmets on their head are not going on any ride, but they are in their office building room doing their office work. Over 40 employees of the state power department including engineers, clerks and contractual workers are forced to wear helmets while working at the metre testing lab inside the up power corporation office. According to one of the employee the reason they are wearing helmets is dilapidated condition of the office room, where plastere keep falling on regular intervals. There are several incident in past where employees are hurt. This condition of office is from many years, once a surveys was conducted but no repair happened adds another employee. In rains season the situation become worse and sometime we even have to wear raincots during work