Massive fire at commercial building in Hyderabad, no casualties reported ANI | Updated: May 11, 2021 16:23 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 11 (ANI): A major fire broke out at a commercial building at Koti here in Hyderabad on Monday, said M Srinivas Reddy, District Fire Officer, Hyderabad, adding that no casualties were reported in the mishap.
According to Reddy, a total of seven commercial shops were gutted in the fire. Fire officers involved in the fire fighting operations said that it took them nearly about 10 hours to bring the situation under control.
Speaking to ANI over the phone, Reddy said, Everybody was evacuated from the building immediately after the fire broke out. In the building, the upper ground and the floor above are commercial space and the rest of the floors are occupied by residents. The permissions of the building to run commercial spaces are yet to be verified.
Election of Mayors, Deputy Mayors tomorrow
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SEC appoints observers to oversee election
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SEC appoints observers to oversee election
The State Election Commission (SEC) has notified election of Mayors and Deputy Mayors of Warangal and Khammam municipal corporations and chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of Siddipet, Nakrekal, Kothur, Jadcherla and Atchampet municipalities on Friday.
The results of election to these urban local bodies that took place on April 30 were declared on May 3.
State Election Commissioner C. Parthasarathi held a meeting here on Wednesday on the arrangements to be made for the indirect election to the urban local bodies’ (ULB) functionaries.
Price of used gunny sacks hiked to ₹21 per bag
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6.43 lakh paddy worth ₹1,211 cr. purchased so far
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6.43 lakh paddy worth ₹1,211 cr. purchased so far
The Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation (TSCSC) has increased the price to be paid for used gunny sacks with fair price shop dealers from ₹18 to ₹21 per bag to ensure availability of timely and sufficient number of sacks for paddy procurement this season.
This was stated by the Corporation Chairman M. Srinivas Reddy here on Tuesday after board meeting of the organisation. The increased price would implemented with the retrospective effective from April 1. The meeting has also decided to release ₹54 crore to be paid to the FPS dealers as commission.
Fire services, electrical inspectorate officials hold training programme
Officials of the AP State Disaster Response and Fire Services (APSDRFS), in association with the Electrical Inspectorate Department, on Monday organised an awareness-cum-training programme for COVID hospitals’ technicians on prevention of fire mishaps.
The programme was aimed at taking steps to prevent electric short circuits, evacuation of patients from general wards and ICU and on regular checking of electrical connections, said Fire Services Regional Fire Officer (RFO) G. Srinivasulu.
Participants focussed on electric failures which will lead to fire accidents in hospitals, loose connections, use of poor standard material, proper distribution of power to avoid overloading and ensuring of proper earthing, the RFO said.
COVID hospitals’ staff explained how to prevent fire mishaps
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Fire services, electrical inspectorate officials hold training programme
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Fire services, electrical inspectorate officials hold training programme
Officials of the AP State Disaster Response and Fire Services (APSDRFS), in association with the Electrical Inspectorate Department, on Monday organised an awareness-cum-training programme for COVID hospitals’ technicians on prevention of fire mishaps.
The programme was aimed at taking steps to prevent electric short circuits, evacuation of patients from general wards and ICU and on regular checking of electrical connections, said Fire Services Regional Fire Officer (RFO) G. Srinivasulu.
Participants focussed on electric failures which will lead to fire accidents in hospitals, loose connections, use of poor standard material, proper distribution of power to avoid overloading and ensuring of proper earthing, the RFO said.