New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday set a one-month deadline for all coaching centres in the city to undergo a fire audit, install mandatory safety equipment, and take prescribed safety measures, an official said. The stern warning to errant coaching institutes comes close to the recent tragic fire incident in a coaching institute in Lucknow that claimed at least 15 lives.In the Lucknow fire incident, at least 15 people lost their lives after the blaze engulfed…
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Patna, June 7 (IANS) Trouble seems to be mounting for city’s Khan Global Studies centre, the coaching institute run by Faisal Khan, popularly known as ‘Khan Sir’ as the institute was found be lacking on various parameters, during the fire safety audit. The Bihar Fire Safety services undertook a fire safety inspection at the Khan Sir’s institute this weekend, following a deadly blaze at a private hospital in Muzaffarpur.The coaching institute was recently under spotlight over incidents of firing….
Patna, June 4 (IANS) The tragic fire at Prasad Hospital in Muzaffarpur has now reached both the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Bihar State Human Rights Commission. Petitions have been filed seeking an independent investigation into the incident.Five patients have so far died, and over 15 others were injured and shifted to government and private hospitals, as per official information, after the blaze erupted at around 3 a.m. on Thursday in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hos…
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday announced that the Maharashtra government will further improve the lift inspection system to facilitate quicker evacuations during emergencies.”There are currently about 2.10 lakh lifts operating in the state, and 25,000 new lifts have been approved recently. At present, limited staff are responsible for inspecting all lifts. The government has therefore decided to create 519 new posts, as it is not possible to inspect such a l…