BHUBANESWAR: In what may endanger lives of lakhs of tourists, who throng Puri around the yr, the Odisha Fire Services on Wednesday stumbled upon obtrusive negligence by way of many hoteliers, who have achieved valuable little to strengthen fire safety mechanism in their gadgets.
Buckets, meant for carrying water all over fire mishap, are being used as dustbins, electric transformers situated below a children's play parlour and highly flamable grocery items saved in electric panel room—have been one of the crucial startling revelations that surfaced all over large raids in hotels, buying groceries malls, flats and private medical establishments in Puri.
"We were shocked to see such negligence by some hotels, private hospitals, apartments and malls. They never accorded due importance to fire safety and threw the safety measures to winds. We have strictly asked them to adopt adequate fire safety measures on their premises within two months, failing which they will face legal action," director basic of police (fire products and services) BK Sharma told TOI.
Though Puri has over 300 hotels, the hearth products and services staff managed to check up on handiest 12 distinguished hotels, most commonly located near the seaside on Wednesday. On January 23, a major fire broke out in a room of Ananya Resort on VIP Road in Puri. Luckily, no visitor used to be provide in the room when the mishap took place. "We will continue to conduct inspection in other establishments as well. The raid would have sent the message loud and clear to other defaulters. It is time they should promptly act according to the fire safety Act, or face the music," Sharma stated.
During the raids, the hearth products and services staff found that lots of the hotels, malls, flats and nursing homes did not have ok open area, corridors and break out routes. Though one of the crucial establishments had fire extinguishers, they lacked other needful apparatus. Odisha Fire Services stated they have been previous not able to behave tricky owing to the prolonged absence of regulation. Though the Odisha fire safety Act used to be enacted long ago in 1993, laws of the Act have been framed in October last yr. "We can now seal the erring establishments that ignore our deadline of complying with fire safety rules," Sharma stated.
Buckets, meant for carrying water all over fire mishap, are being used as dustbins, electric transformers situated below a children's play parlour and highly flamable grocery items saved in electric panel room—have been one of the crucial startling revelations that surfaced all over large raids in hotels, buying groceries malls, flats and private medical establishments in Puri.
"We were shocked to see such negligence by some hotels, private hospitals, apartments and malls. They never accorded due importance to fire safety and threw the safety measures to winds. We have strictly asked them to adopt adequate fire safety measures on their premises within two months, failing which they will face legal action," director basic of police (fire products and services) BK Sharma told TOI.
Though Puri has over 300 hotels, the hearth products and services staff managed to check up on handiest 12 distinguished hotels, most commonly located near the seaside on Wednesday. On January 23, a major fire broke out in a room of Ananya Resort on VIP Road in Puri. Luckily, no visitor used to be provide in the room when the mishap took place. "We will continue to conduct inspection in other establishments as well. The raid would have sent the message loud and clear to other defaulters. It is time they should promptly act according to the fire safety Act, or face the music," Sharma stated.
During the raids, the hearth products and services staff found that lots of the hotels, malls, flats and nursing homes did not have ok open area, corridors and break out routes. Though one of the crucial establishments had fire extinguishers, they lacked other needful apparatus. Odisha Fire Services stated they have been previous not able to behave tricky owing to the prolonged absence of regulation. Though the Odisha fire safety Act used to be enacted long ago in 1993, laws of the Act have been framed in October last yr. "We can now seal the erring establishments that ignore our deadline of complying with fire safety rules," Sharma stated.
Odisha: Hotels in Puri flout fire safety norms
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