Ranchi, Bipin Singh: The red building of Birla Women’s Hospital i.e. Sadar Hospital, its history is about 95 years old. This red building, once famous as Birla Women’s Hospital, is being developed as a heritage. Efforts are being made to preserve and keep alive the stories of medical experiences in the Red Building. Within a few days, its original heritage form peeking through the red bricks has started becoming visible. This structure was the centerpiece of the campus for nearly six decades. Lal Bhawan has been a part of medical, medicine store room and emergency medical treatment for a long time.
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Red building of Sadar Hospital is being renovated with lime, jaggery syrup, fenugreek and urad water.
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The red building of Birla Women’s Hospital i.e. Sadar Hospital is returning to its original form.
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Its foundation stone was laid on the arrival of Governor General Lord Irwin to Ranchi in 1928.
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Red building will preserve historical heritage as well as stories of medical experiences
Raja Baldev Das Birla laid the foundation stone
This hospital was built by Raja Baldev Das Birla for the arrival of the then Governor General Lord Irwin in Ranchi. Its foundation stone was laid in 1928. On the fifth year of its construction i.e. on 9 October 1933, a ceremony was organized to dedicate this hospital to the common people. It is known that in 1928, during Irwin’s tenure, a seven-member Simon Commission team had reached Mumbai. Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March also took place during Irwin’s tenure.
2.85 crores will be spent on returning it to its original heritage form.
Approval for building conservation and development work was received in late July. A time of six months has been fixed for the construction of this socio-cultural asset. To realize this vision, the building has been divided into two separate parts, outside and inside. This renovation, to be done in two phases, will cost more than Rs 2.85 crore.
Agency renovating these heritage buildings
Things like lime, surkhi, jaggery, urad, fenugreek, belpatra and husk are being used in making the red building. According to the engineers involved in building construction, a special mortar is prepared from the mixture of all this, which is a mythological construction style. This mixture of three ingredients gives the ready-made mortar strong holding ability. It takes one to two months for this mixture to set in humid places.
Renovation will take place while maintaining the historical heritage
The Lal Building is being renovated while maintaining the original character of the original historical architectural and living cultural heritage property. It has been decided to restore and keep the building, courtyard and the original sign made of red surkhi, mortar and lime unchanged.
Reconstruction work of Red Building accelerated
The reconstruction work of the Red Building of Sadar Hospital has gained momentum. Work has started on the outer main structure. In the second phase, the inner walls will be scratched and a coating will be applied over it. It has a big gate of iron outside and wooden inside, windows and big skylights. Its archaeological importance is visible from the front due to the large tall hall inside, the arch above the main building or the upper boundary wall expansion in British style on the semi-circular top.
Granite plaque to be restored
There is a black granite statue of Adam dedicated to him. The inscription contains heritage evidence related to it and is a witness to many occasions. In an effort to preserve and keep alive the stories of historical medical experiences, the name, emblem and insignia associated with the hospital will be reinstalled in a better display as part of a restoration process without notifying any changes. .
The life of structures built using traditional methods is quite long.
An engineer associated with JSBCCL and M/s SS Enterprises said that this is a small effort to connect the ancient collections with modernity. Structures built using traditional methods have a much longer life. In contrast, the buildings built just 35-40 years ago using so-called modern technology using RCC are already dilapidated. In such a situation, heritage buildings should be restored to their original form using original materials and construction techniques as much as possible. It involves the use of traditional ingredients and the raw material required as cement is actually superior quality limestone.