Gandhinagar: After the old delay and severe criticism by the Gujarat High Court and even the Supreme Court for the Fire Safety Norms, the Government Gujarat moved forward towards the implementation of ‘Gujarat fire prevention and life safety information’ in the state.
Urban development and urban housing departments eventually invite objections and suggestions from the wider community to complete the rules of ‘fire prevention and life safety, 2021’ ‘before November 9.
Sources close to these developments, “the state government intends to complete the safety regulations and fires of the earliest fire and aims to notify the rules before the end of the calendar year.” The main source is close to these developments, “Although the Urban Development Department has issued a rules draft , it is likely to face wider objections from builders, the public in the large department and even the government because it is difficult to follow the specified rules.
“” The builder association and even private building owners have opposed many major rules such as two mandatory stairs, which are now mandatory according to National Building Code (NBC).
In all major cities, most of the highrise housing and commercial are being built with plots of less than 500 square meters, so remember margins, actually there is no room for the second mandatory stairs to exit emergency.
The builder association, private society and other commercial companies have been asked to consider these regulations.
In addition, the draft rules suggest fire safety certification from private institutions or private people who can cause safety compromise, “said the source.
The main source added, “At present, there is a major shortage of fire safety equipment and qualified personnel to install this.
Under the pressure from the government, many have installed sub-standard quality equipment.
This defeats new rules for that purpose of fire safety.”