Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Coaching classes and nurseries should be secure from fire' that was published in Newsband


Coaching classes and nurseries should be secure from fire

Within the jurisdiction of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, there are various types of private coaching classes and nursery schools for small children. Most of these classroom are located anywhere from first floor to fourth floor of residential or commercial buildings or at the places which are for public use. It has been found that these coaching classes do not have proper fire security system.
Just recently, one such kind of coaching classes in Surat had caught huge fire which had led to severe injuries to 18 students.
NMMC has learnt a lesson or two from this fire incident in Surat. The NMMC authorities have alerted the fire department as well as the owners of the buildings as well as cooperative societies where such private coaching classes and nurseries for small children are located. NMMC authorities have warned these people that there should be proper fire security system installed in such classes. Those who run these classes have been told to obtain license from Maharashtra Fire Service Directorate and also get fire audit done and next provide a report related to that to the MMMC’s fire department. NMMC has clearly warned that if such fire incident takes place then the organization or building owner or cooperative housing society who hold such classes will be held responsible and legal action will be taken against them. All these people will have to get fire extinguishing gadgets installed within their buildings. In order to obtain fire license, the following site: www.maharashtrafireservices.org can be used.
This is a good thing that NMMC is doing. It is a good thing to learn from experiences of others. That a fire in Surat should make NMMC take quick steps in their own jurisdiction to avoid such fire incidents here is the sign of how alert our NMMC authorities are. This alertness they displayed should be lauded by one and all.

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