We Demand to filing of case on the PWD & GAD Dept’s for negligence of Fire Audit safety norms which resulted in fire and destroyed Mantralaya. They igonered the Maharashtra Fire Prevention & Life safety measure Act, 2006 & Also Fire Safety Audit Report.The incident of major fire at Mantralaya on 21/06/2012. This fire resulted in casualty of 5 persons and 16 persons injured.
The Fire safety Audit was done in the year 2008 and a report was submitted on 29/09/2008 to the Govt. The Audit reported 32 risk, which included civil & electrical defects like, parking of cars in mandatory open spaces around Mantralaya, files and old records strewn on all the floors, storage of scrap materials on all floors and cylinder used for cooking on mezzanine, 5th & 6th Floors. It also highlighted defects in electrical wiring and alterations. Additions made near staircases and lobby was also pointed out. It is important to note that the report specifically had mentioned that if ever any incident of fire happens in 4th, 5th, 6th floors including CM’s office there were no precautionary measures in place. The Mumbai Fire Brigade once again reminded the govt in 2010 after the Goel shopping centre fire episode.
It is important to note that it was the responsibility of the PWD Dept to follow and implement the report; likewise it was also important for GAD to monitor the implementation of the report, which certainly has not happened, which has been proved with the incident. Likewise the 7th floor was also irregular.We request Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnayak & Marin Drive Police Station to investigate the case keeping in mind all sabotage angle’s, because with the implementation of RTI Act, there were many queries pending with govt on various issues. Now with the fire destroying everything, it will become convenient for the govt to simple respond that the records were destroyed in fire. Hence it may be with the purpose that the Audit report advice was not implemented.
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