It is still a dream for many to own a flat in high-rise but for those who are already residing in such condominiums across NCR, the issues and ordeals are endless. Fire-related incidents are one of them.
Recent ones, occurred in Indirapuram’s Saya Zenith and Regalia Heights, have raised several serious questions on the role of societies’ management, residents’ approach and behaviour and the department concerned.
City Spidey, while talking to officials, residents and other people concerned to find out a solution to avoid such minor, major accidents, realised there are various aspects which make things difficult and complicated. What are they? Let us read further -
Safety ‘on papers’
In order to understand the current scenario, we managed to gather data for Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram from the respective fire departments.
Talking about high-rises, there are around 600 in Ghaziabad whereas Gautam Buddh Nagar has nearly 1000. Each society gets a No Objection Certificate (NOC) after complying with the set norms related to fire safety. The NOC, given by the officer from the fire department, stays valid for 5 years.
Over 500 societies in Ghaziabad have the NOC out of which 200 received it last November. 94 out of total 600 are yet to get the NOC whereas in Noida, 50 high-rises do not have no objection certificate.
However, Gurugram seems to be 'obedient' when it is about adhering to safety norms. According to the data received from Chief Fire Officer, IS Kashyap, “A total of 411 apartments are there in the area, out of which 240, i.e over 50 per cent societies have NOCs. 3 of them have been given provisional ones whereas NOC of 44 high-rises are still pending. Certificates for 54 condominiums are under process.”
Well, these numbers look more or less convincing but on papers because these tend to vanish during the time of mishaps!
Recent ones, occurred in Indirapuram’s Saya Zenith and Regalia Heights, have raised several serious questions on the role of societies’ management, residents’ approach and behaviour and the department concerned.
City Spidey, while talking to officials, residents and other people concerned to find out a solution to avoid such minor, major accidents, realised there are various aspects which make things difficult and complicated. What are they? Let us read further -
Safety ‘on papers’
In order to understand the current scenario, we managed to gather data for Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram from the respective fire departments.
Talking about high-rises, there are around 600 in Ghaziabad whereas Gautam Buddh Nagar has nearly 1000. Each society gets a No Objection Certificate (NOC) after complying with the set norms related to fire safety. The NOC, given by the officer from the fire department, stays valid for 5 years.
Over 500 societies in Ghaziabad have the NOC out of which 200 received it last November. 94 out of total 600 are yet to get the NOC whereas in Noida, 50 high-rises do not have no objection certificate.
However, Gurugram seems to be 'obedient' when it is about adhering to safety norms. According to the data received from Chief Fire Officer, IS Kashyap, “A total of 411 apartments are there in the area, out of which 240, i.e over 50 per cent societies have NOCs. 3 of them have been given provisional ones whereas NOC of 44 high-rises are still pending. Certificates for 54 condominiums are under process.”
Well, these numbers look more or less convincing but on papers because these tend to vanish during the time of mishaps!
