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| DC level inquiry must expose Babu-Politician nexus , greedy owners | | Jammu hotel inferno | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 1: The fire incident which claimed four human lives in general bus stand area on BC Road has once again exposed the functioning of the concerned departments under whose nose the greedy owners were running their businesses without even completing the necessary formalities related to safety and security of common man. Despite charging hefty room rent for the night stay the hotel owner, who happens to be a senior leader of the ruling party in the state, had not installed any fire- fighting equipment in the hotel building. The DC level inquiry is now expected to expose the said nexus as every one from top to bottom appears to be hand in glove to mint money from the consumers without providing them basic safety mechanism.
The NC leader owner of the hotel had blatantly altered the original building plan of the commercial building and converted the hotel lobby in to another business establishment and dumped tyres and other combustible material in the store room without inviting any scrutiny from the preening eyes of the babudom. The fire which may have been triggered due to some short circuit in the store room engulfed the entire building and poisonous fumes chocked four customers on the spot.
The nexus between the politicians and babus of the key departments has also been exposed as they too had failed to detect the short comings and failed to penalize the owner of the commercial building to prevent such an accident.
According to eye witness reports the fire services department also suffered public fury due to lack of coordination between the various govt departments.
The fire tenders which were rushed to the spot to douse the flames struggled hard to find their way inside the building as the owner had converted the hotel lobby in to a store room and the stair case leading to the floors passed through the same area where fire had started. Secondly as they ran out of water supply and rushed their fire tenders to nearby PHE centre the chowkidar was not having the keys of the pumping station and the supply was delayed. The most glaring aspect of enforcing fire safety norms is missing in our state in the absence of Fire Force Act. It enables the fire services department to carry out a raid and check the preparedness of the fire safety equipment. In the absence of any shortfalls the fire services department is also empowered to seal the said premises. |
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