Thursday 29 November, 2007
CBD-BELAPUR : How safe are Navi Mumbai citizens vis a vis fire hazards?
This question has occurred to none other than the Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nhata who has lost no time in initiating action over it he has ordered a thorough survey of the buildings in the city, large and small, tall and short.
According to civic records, there are 330 buildings taller than 24 meters and 1179 shorter than that in the city. In addition, there are 15 gas godowns, 39 petrol pumps and 46 timbers marts all of which are considered highly prone to fire hazards. What sort of fire fighting equipments to they have, have they installed the mandatory fire hydrants, if they have, are they in working condition – these are the aspects the Commissioner is eager to probe.
To undertake the task, he has appointed a six member special squad consisting of fire brigade personnel. Unit Chief Vijay Rane. Deputy Chief Ganesh Patil, Fire Officer Vivek Mhatre, Firemen Dattatray patil, Operator Sameer Parab, O S Waghamre and S B Sawant constitute the squad. They have been asked to submit their report within 45 days.
The cost of the survey will have to be shared by the citizens. They will be asked to pay at the rate of Rs. 0.25 per sq meter for residential buildings and Re 0.50 per sq meter for commercial buildings towards the cost.
Will the Commissioner also include the municipal also include the municipal fire hydrants, some of which stand buried under the footpaths, in the survey, is what some citizens would like to ask.
This question has occurred to none other than the Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nhata who has lost no time in initiating action over it he has ordered a thorough survey of the buildings in the city, large and small, tall and short.
According to civic records, there are 330 buildings taller than 24 meters and 1179 shorter than that in the city. In addition, there are 15 gas godowns, 39 petrol pumps and 46 timbers marts all of which are considered highly prone to fire hazards. What sort of fire fighting equipments to they have, have they installed the mandatory fire hydrants, if they have, are they in working condition – these are the aspects the Commissioner is eager to probe.
To undertake the task, he has appointed a six member special squad consisting of fire brigade personnel. Unit Chief Vijay Rane. Deputy Chief Ganesh Patil, Fire Officer Vivek Mhatre, Firemen Dattatray patil, Operator Sameer Parab, O S Waghamre and S B Sawant constitute the squad. They have been asked to submit their report within 45 days.
The cost of the survey will have to be shared by the citizens. They will be asked to pay at the rate of Rs. 0.25 per sq meter for residential buildings and Re 0.50 per sq meter for commercial buildings towards the cost.
Will the Commissioner also include the municipal also include the municipal fire hydrants, some of which stand buried under the footpaths, in the survey, is what some citizens would like to ask.
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