Buildings housing most of the prominent Central government offices in Lutyens’ Delhi are tinderboxes given the lack of necessary fire safety clearances from the Delhi Fire Service. For instance, DFS reminders on shortcomings at the Transport Bhawan date back to 2007 and for North Block, which houses the Finance and Home Ministries, to 2011. The latest DFS reminder was issued to the Director General of CPWD on August 22. Repeated remindersA senior DFS officer said that such reminders are sent periodically, but never elicit a reply. We removed the tape but during the next inspection, the sensors were found taped again,” said the CPWD officer.

Source: The Hindu October 09, 2019 20:15 UTC