Ramgopalpet PS building is no more!

Hyderabad, Sept.23: In the wake of rain-soaked old buildings in the city collapsing one after the other, the GHMC authorities on Friday served a notice on the Station House Officer of Ramgolpalpet Police Station in Secunderabad to vacate the premises immediately as the old building in on the verge of collapse any time. With this, the century-old building of Ramgopalpet police station, which is also called James Street Police Station will be disappeared soon. The building clock was gifted in 1900 by Diwan Bahadur Ramgopal Seth, a Rajasthani financial trader, who made it big in Hyderabad. The area is named after the trader as Ramgopalpet and is still a hub of trade and business. With the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials serving a notice to the police to vacate the building as the iconic structure is no longer habitable, the police officials have hurriedly vacated the premises on Friday afternoon. Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav too inspected the dilapidated building and found that the plaster and the roof are peeling off. The building already dilapidated, suffered heavily due to the incessant rains lashing the city for the past four days. Ramgopalpet police station was among the oldest buildings in the city and has been declared a heritage sight in 1998. It was at one time the tallest building on the street. Built by the Britishers, it also has a clock tower.