After the Malviya Nagar tragedy, the fire department has issued a fresh notice mandating Fire Safety Certificates for several categories of buildings across the capital.
Residential buildings taller than 15 metres or comprising five or more storeys will be required to obtain a Fire Safety Certificate (FSC) from the fire department.
This also applies to underground structures comprising two or more levels.
These rules are part of a fresh public notice issued by the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) to regulate fire norms across the city after the Malviya Nagar fire tragedy that left 23, including several foreign nationals, dead.
Under this, owners and occupiers of several categories of buildings will now need to obtain a mandatory FSC.
Home Minister Ashish Sood had earlier told The Indian Express that, “90 per cent of buildings in the city do not have a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from the fire department… To address the situation, the government is working on strictly enforcing rules and fire norms to avoid untoward incidents.”
