Record Tower, a majestic heritage structure in Chepauk, will soon be restored

The Record Tower, a part of Chepauk Palace facing Wallajah Road that has remained damaged and unoccupied since 2005, is set to be restored and open to the public. With work apace to renovate the other dilapidated structures of Chepauk Palace, the Building Centre and Conservation Division, a wing of the Public Works Department, has called for tenders for the ₹3.09-crore project to conserve the heritage structure. The jack arch roofing, another structural element in such masonry buildings and four minarets on the top of the tower building, need to be repaired. Once the Humayun Mahal, with Independence Day museum, is ready, visitors may be allowed into the Record Tower through a connecting corridor from the Mahal.