The Uttar Pradesh Lifts and Escalators Act, 2024, passed in February, is yet to be enforced, causing delays in addressing lift accidents and mishaps in urban areas. Critics highlight the absence of penal provisions in the Act, labeling it as 'toothless' legislation.
Aside from AOA members, three officials of facility management firm and one of lift manufacturing firm also charge-sheeted for woman death in elevator accident
A month after eight workers died in an elevator crash in Greater Noida, the Uttar Pradesh government has finalised the draft of a bill making annual maintenance of elevators and insurance for their users mandatory.
In a first, the Uttar Pradesh government is working on a law for insurance of passengers to make vertical transportation systems like lifts safer for users.This will include mandatory annual maintenance of elevators, their registration and .