The Sindh High Court has directed the director general of the Sindh Building Control Authority to convene a meeting with the civil defence department and chief fire officer to discuss the possibility of amending building regulations in order to address fire safety issues. Dawn/File
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed the director general of the Sindh Building Control Authority to convene a meeting with the civil defence department and chief fire officer to discuss the possibility of amending building regulations in order to address fire safety issues.
The court was informed that task forces had been constituted at divisional, district and sub-divisional level for inspection of buildings and industries/factories and to ensure the implementation of all fire safety measures.
Karachi
December 10, 2020
A three-tier task force, with sub-committees at divisional, district and sub-district levels, has been constituted for the inspection of high-rise buildings, factories and industries to ensure that all fire safety measures are being followed in the establishments.
Hearing a petition concerning the implementation of the safety by-laws under the Building Code of Pakistan, a division bench of the SHC, headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, asked the provincial law officer what mechanism had been formulated to inspect different buildings and industries/factories to ensure that the establishments are following and observing all fire safety measures.
The court was informed that a task force had convened its meeting and that it had constituted sub-committees at divisional, districts and sub-divisional levels and had formulated mechanism at their levels to ensure the fire safety laws. The law officer said the divisional task force shall ascertain the complaints