Tag: Fire Safety

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Nagpur: 103 Unsafe Buildings Host Coaching Classes

NAGPUR: Following a tragic fire in Lucknow that claimed the lives of 15 young individuals, alarming fire safety issues have surfaced in Nagpur. Over a hundred coaching centers have been marked as unsafe, with many at risk of having their electricity and water supply disconnected for non-compliance with mandatory safety norms. This situation is particularly concerning given that approximately 150 students at Bansal Pathshala for IIT-JEE, NEET, and MHT-CET narrowly avoided disaster on May 6 when a fire erupted from an electric meter on the first floor of a two-story commercial building on Mount Road in Sadar. Fortunately, no injuries…

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Fire Safety Essential in Building Code: BIS Panel

NEW DELHI: In light of recent fatal building fires in Delhi, Odisha, and Goa, a technical committee from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has opposed the Cabinet Secretariat’s deregulation cell’s proposal to remove “fire safety” provisions from the National Building Code (NBC). The committee, however, has accepted various other recommendations, including omitting certain administrative and development control norms. The deregulation cell suggested that different parts of the NBC, including fire safety regulations, should be simplified into handbooks and removed from the official code. This marks the second time the Cabinet Secretariat has requested alterations to BIS regulations, following a…