In the light of recent major fire accidents in Tiruvallur, Delhi, and Gujarat, there is a growing call to make mandatory the No Objection Certificate from the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services Department for all buildings. He questioned the renewal of certificates for high-rise buildings in congested areas such as George Town in North Chennai and the lack of …
The ceiling of a sixth-floor Gurugram apartment, where renovation work was underway, collapsed, causing the floors underneath the flat to cave in. There were a series of building collapses in other parts of the Delhi-National Capital Region — Greater Noida and Ghaziabad — a few years ago that were blamed on poor construction quality and weak foundations. We have seen …
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