[ecis2016.org] As a fallout of the massive fire that gutted Bagree Market in Kolkata, a senior minister in the West Bengal government has revealed that the state is planning to formulate new fire safety norms for commercial buildings
The West Bengal government is planning to formulate a new policy on fire safety for commercial buildings in the city, in the wake of the massive fire that gutted Bagree Market in Kolkata. Commercial buildings would not be granted trade licenses, if they fail to follow fire safety rules, a senior minister, who did not wish to be identified, said.
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“We are planning to come up with a policy soon. We are formulating it and the final decision will be taken, once the chief minister returns from her foreign tour,” he said.
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“There are several commercial buildings in the city and we must have better fire safety measures for them,” he said. Trade licenses would not be granted, if such buildings fail to follow the fire safety norms specified by the government, the minister said.
Many commercial buildings are quite old and there are no proper fire safety measures there. They are functioning with the same infrastructure for all these years, without paying heed to the advice of the fire department and the city municipal corporation, he said.
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They take money from the business enterprises, who have shops in those buildings, the minister said.
As per the proposed policy, all commercial buildings should have separate water reservoirs for emergency purposes only, he said. The massive fire at Bagree Market on September 16, 2018, gutted at least 1,000 business establishments inside the G+5 building.
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