Fire safety measures, a cold matter in Old City
Posted September 25th, 2017, 12:18 PM IST
The direction by the fire department to shops to install fire safety equipment rece-ived a lukewarm response. “Traders hardly care to install fire safety equipment,” said a fire official in the Old City.
There are about 200 odd markets on the 2 km road from Shahalibanda to Pathergatti with 8,000 shops in the commercial hub.
The situation is worse in the Chatta Bazaar, Madina Building, Rikabgunj and Devan Devdi where wholesalers deal with readymade apparels and clothes, fire officials said.
In May, a massive fire broke out in a three storied building which had several footwear godowns. It took three days to bring the fire under control and seven fire stations in the city were pressed into service.
Mr M. Sreenivasa Reddy, district fire officer, said that they are carrying out inspections in the markets in the Old City.
“We are writing to higher officials to initiate action,” said Mr Reddy.
Fire station project in old city stalled
Though two fire stations have been sanctioned for the thickly populated assembly constituencies of Chandrayangutta and Yakutpura in the Old City, the project is stalled due to unavailability of land to house them.
Currently, there are fire stations at Moghalpura and Chandulal Baradari in the Old City. The jurisdiction of the Moghalpura fire station extends up to 14 km till Pahadishareef in south, Edi Bazaar in east and Hussainialam in the west.
“The roads are narrow and bumpy. We need more time to reach the accident site. This makes the public angry and they manhandle us at times,” says P. Prem Kumar, Moghalpura fire station officer.
“The approach road in Yakutpura and Edi Bazaar is narrow. Sometimes, we are unable to cross the narrow rail bridge at Yakutpura and Bhavaninagar,” said a fireman at Moghalpura fire station.
As a solution to this, two fire stations were sanctioned at Chandrayangutta and Yakutpura.
Mr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Yakutpura MLA, said, “We are following it with the fire and the revenue departments. Gett-ing a land is a problem in this thickly populated area. I have suggested alternative spots at Champapet nearer to Yakutpura.”
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