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Women execute garba successful Ahmedabad. (Bhupendra Rana)
Even arsenic revellers waited excitedly to footwear disconnected the garba season, a fig of venues successful Ahmedabad and Surat struggled until the last-minute to get Fire Safety Certificates (FSC) for the event.
In Ahmedabad, connected the archetypal nighttime of Navratri connected Thursday, lone two-third organisers had occurrence clearances portion little than a 3rd received last permissions from the constabulary by 7.30 pm, conscionable an hr earlier the commencement of the festivities. A fewer much received permissions aboriginal successful the evening.
This year, getting an FSC has been made mandatory for large-scale garba organisers successful airy of the TRP Game Zone occurrence successful Rajkot successful May that near 27 persons dead. The Indian Express learnt that retired of a full of 90 applications of garba venues for occurrence information inspection with the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES), lone 58 had been granted FSCs till 7.30 p.m. connected Thursday. In-charge Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Jayesh Khadia confirmed that helium would hold till 8.30 p.m. to spot if anyone other was to beryllium granted FSCs. By this deadline, the fig of venues with FSCs had reached 64.
This inactive near 26 venues without the requisite FSC, without which they would beryllium incapable to get last support from the police, astatine slightest connected the archetypal time of Navratri. Sources successful the constabulary confirmed that lone 31 venues had been granted support to big garba by 7.30 p.m. connected October 3. Even arsenic sources said the last number had reached 40, nary elder officers could beryllium reached for remark owed to the full apical echelon of the constabulary unit busy, particularly successful airy of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s sojourn to the city. Meanwhile successful Surat, occurrence section officials gave occurrence certificates to 2 organisers connected Thursday portion 2 continued to hold for the clearance.
Sources said that implicit 17 nonrecreational organisers are holding Garba lawsuit astatine antithetic places successful the city.
Surat Municipal Corporation Chief Fire serviceman Basant Pareek said, “We person received 16 applications for occurrence information retired of which 12 were fixed support aft we checked them for implementation of occurrence information norms. Today, we person fixed support to 2 more, portion clearances for 2 others are inactive pending.”
Surat Police Department Deputy Commissioner of Police, peculiar branch, Hetal Patel said, “We gave support to 2 organisers contiguous (Thursday) aft they submitted each indispensable certificates. Slowly, others are besides approaching america and aft perusing the documents, we volition springiness them the constabulary permission.”
Surat constabulary commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut said, “Before giving constabulary permission, our squad checks if the lawsuit organisers person NOCs for Fire, Health, Electrical and Structural issues.”
On the 2 remaining garba organisers, helium said they were yet to travel and person certificates from him.
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