This got here a day after Banerjee’s Camac Avenue workplace was ransacked, with the TMC blaming Bharatiya Janata Occasion-linked males for the assault, a cost denied by the ruling social gathering.
Every week in the past, authorities eliminated an ‘unlawful’ billboard of the TMC from the identical constructing, throughout which personal guards at Banerjee’s workplace, his supporters and a few social gathering leaders had scuffled with police and Kolkata Municipal Company (KMC) officers.
“No fireplace security measures have been traced within the basement of the high-rise. Following that, we served a show-cause discover to the proprietor of the constructing and gave them a 48-hour deadline.
“Since we didn’t get any response and the deadline handed, we despatched them a discover to evacuate the basement, sixth and seventh flooring of the constructing. If the basement of any constructing has no fireplace security measures, it may result in a giant catastrophe in case of a hearth,” the official informed PTI.
He mentioned the fireplace security certificates for the premises expired on August 10 and had not been renewed.
Within the discover despatched to the constructing proprietor on Friday, the division mentioned the basement and sixth and seventh flooring wouldn’t be allowed for use till the deficiencies are rectified and a sound fireplace security certificates is obtained.
A joint staff of police and fireplace officers carried out a floor-by-floor inspection of fireplace security measures within the constructing on Monday.
The inspection discovered insufficient firefighting measures on the seventh ground, no designated fireplace exit and issues with the fireplace alarm system, based on the discover. — PTI
