Nearly 99% of Housing Societies in Maharashtra ignoring safety measures

As per the officials, more or less 99% of the housing societies in Maharashtra have not completed their fire audits which are mandatory. It seems that housing societies in Maharashtra were taking the necessary safety requirements very lightly.
Last week, we have seen that many students have to lose their life in Gujarat due to lack of safety measures. Around 22 students of a coaching center were meet up with a devastating fire at a 4-story building in Surat. Earlier in this month in Surat, three sanitation workers have lost their life due to suffocation while cleaning of a septic tank in a complex.

Seeing the death of workers and students, Maharashtra State Co-Operative Housing Federation Chairman Sitaram Rane claimed that these housing societies were taking the fire safety norms very lightly. However, Thane Municipal Corporation has given order to all the housing society to follow the necessary fire safety norms or authority will take strict action against those found guilty.

He further said that a three-day housing expo would be held in Thane from Friday to Sunday to raise awareness about various issues and some professional services which the residential society can avail.

After Surat incident, many states have come forward to conduct a safety audit as per the authority order. Authorities have also ordered the closure of coaching centers in Rajkot and Vadodara till proper audit of fire safety systems in commercial buildings are conducted. For the time being, Ahmedabad police orders shutting down of coaching classes, dance classes, and summer camps as a protective part.