Money went into water! Water, cash-covered certificates and documents in the post office are all soaked; VIDEO
Everything from cash to savings certificate and investment register was soaked in water.
The saying of getting money in water came out today as a bitter truth for the people of Baleshwar, Odisha, when water entered the post office headquarters of the city due to continuous rains and thousands of rupees kept in cash and investment were wet. This kind of negligence and crisis has shocked people in an organization like a post office, usually considered to be the safest.
Failure of government machinery exposed
According to the information, many parts of the city were submerged after the torrential rains on Wednesday. The most damage was done to the post of postal superintendent office, where everything from cash to savings to savings to savings to savings and investment register was soaked in water. Employees were seen drying wet notes and documents in the open. This was a scene that highlights the failure of a government machinery.
Despite the warning, why did the administration not make concrete preparations?
It is being told that the rain started from Tuesday night itself and by Wednesday afternoon, most of the roads and government offices in the city were hit by waterlogging. But water penetration at an important place like the post office, the question raises the question that why the administration did not make any concrete preparation despite warning of heavy rains?
Video of the incident came out
According to the information, the most damage has been done to those documents that were kept near the ground. Many investors have expressed concern that there is no permanent loss of their savings accounts, money order, documents related to pension schemes and deposits. At the moment, employees are trying to handle the loss at their level and efforts are on to secure the damaged files.
Baleshwar drowns rain water every year
This is not the first time Baleshwar city is immersed in rain. Every year there is a similar waterlogging, because the drains do not have timely cleaning and illegal construction stops the way of drainage. This time the general public has to pay the price of this negligence with their money and trust. However, the post office administration has assured people that every effort is being made to protect all documents and records. But there is still a question left- will it be the same next time or will the administration still start taking the warning seriously?
Today, the people of Baleshwar really saw that when the system fails, “Going money in water” is not just a saying, a tragedy.
(Shubham Kumar’s report from Odisha)
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