Maharashtra yet to learn its lessons
On June 21 last year, five persons were killed, 16 injured and thousands of sensitive government documents lost in a blazing >fire that gutted three top floors of Mantralaya, the Maharashtra government’s seat of power. “The defective detection and fire-fighting equipment installed throughout the building has yet to undergo a radical overhaul,” said a senior official of the Fire Department, speaking to The Hindu on condition of anonymity. In an audit conducted in 2007, the Fire Department faulted the Public Works Department by noting that even the most rudimentary fire-fighting equipment in Mantralaya, such as fire hydrants hose-reels, were defective. While Mr. Bhujbal at the time stressed that the PWD had followed 31 of the 32 recommendations suggested in the report, more than eight months after the accident, Fire Department authorities said the Department was yet to implement the fire safety measures suggested by the fire brigade and submit a report.
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