No fire NOC: 28 banquet halls, hotels, restaurants put on notice in Karnal

Tribune News Service

Karnal, January 10

A team of fire division of the Karnal Municipal Corporation (KMC) has served notices on 28 hotels, restaurants and banquet halls of the city for not having fire NOC from the fire division to run their establishments.

Certificate from fire cell mandatory

The Haryana Fire Act and NBC 2005/2016, part 4, has made the NOC mandatory from the fire cell about the fire safety measurement. The orders of the Firefighting Services, Haryana, and the National Green Tribunal made it compulsory for all establishments to have theNOC.

They have been given one week to avail the NOC, otherwise action will be initiated against them under the Haryana Fire Act-2009 and National Building Code (NBC).

As per the information, the Haryana Fire Act and NBC 2005/2016, part 4, has made the NOC mandatory from the fire cell about the fire safety measurement. The orders of the Firefighting Services, Haryana, and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) made it compulsory for all establishments to have this NOC.

Following the directions of KMC Commissioner Manoj Kumar, a team of fire cell inspected various hotels, restaurants and banquet halls and found that 28 were running without the NOC. “The fire fighting systems are compulsory for all commercial, industrial and institutional buildings. These equipment should be renewed on an annual basis,” said the KMC Commissioner.

Devender Narwal, EO, KMC, said The Urban Hotel, Hotel Globe, Maharaja Golden Guest House, Hotel AS, Hotel Bright, Yello Saphire, Arman Hotel, Happy Hours, Hotel Comfort-In, Kalonji, Divine TC banquet hall, K Town Hotel, Aakashdeep, Mansrover Hotel and Guest House, Hotel Pearl, Leela Grand, Hotel Star, 8 planet and Hotel Anand Residency, and others hotels, banquet and restaurants are among those that have been issued notices.

Rajiv Bhardwaj, Fire Officer, said there was a simple procedure to get the firefight equipment and fire NOC. The applicants have to apply with the required documents and after following some steps their NOC will be released.