New Delhi, April 14: It seems like a disaster waiting to happen with nearly 1,500 schools in the national capital lacking fire safety clearance.
“Till now we have issued fire safety certificates to 60 per cent of the school buildings in the national capital.
Rest of the schools (defaulting) have either not approached the fire services department for the clearance or not complied with the prescribed fire safety norms,” Delhi Fire Service Director A K Sharma told PTI.
There are over 4,500 schools in Delhi, including 942 government-run ones, according to official reports.
Sharma said the department will issue notices to the defaulting schools but stressed that it is up to the education department to tell the Fire department about how and which all buildings have not received the NOC.
–PTI