Mumbai fire: what is currently going on, BMC and case sheets

With the breakout of fire in 1 Above pub, the death and injury of many, followed by the absconding owners and the captured managers, what else is there to know?

After the Kamala Mills fire incident, the civic corporation has now given a fifteen-day ultimatum to all shops, hotels and other establishments to follow Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of fire safety norms. Earlier after the Sakinaka blaze, which had killed twelve people, a 30-day timeframe was given out of which 15 days have already been passed.

Additional Municipal Commissioner (AMC) Idzes Kundan stated previously in the Standing Committee that BMC will set up a fire safety enforcement panel at all 34 places to keep a close vigil on those who fail to follow fire safety measures. The BMC has made Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all entities which they have to follow strictly and available on MCGM website. A senior civic official said, “If the entities fail to adhere fire safety guidelines then action will be taken same as December 30 and December 31, no one will be spared. Fifteen days time is enough to put all fire safety equipment.”

Crackdown on illegal structures continues in city

The civic body continued its crackdown on illegal constructions at hotels, restaurants, and commercial establishments for the third day on Monday. On the directions of BMC chief Ajoy Mehta, illegal alterations and constructions were being razed in the Todi Mill and Raghuvanshi Mills areas since Monday morning, a senior civic official said.

 MEANWHILE

Abha Singh, a well-known advocate of Mumbai, has made serious allegations against civic commissioner Ajoy Mehta after Kamala Mills Compound fire incident which killed 14 people. Advocate Singh has alleged that the Mehta has himself relaxed the Development Control Regulation (DCR) norms and had sanctioned for permission to the owners of Kamala Mills Compound to build eighteen restaurants in one building.

The letter regarding same has been sent to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Singh has alleged in her letter that on the one hand, Mehta himself gave permissions for these pubs and restaurants and on the other, he has been entrusted with the probe. Therefore she has demanded that he be removed as chief of the blaze inquiry panel.