Jabalpur fire accident is very painful, such incidents should not happen again: CM Chouhan

Chief Minister Shri Chouhan was reviewing the fire accident in Jabalpur through video conferencing at Mantralaya today. Urban Welfare & Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh, Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang, Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Prabhuram Choudhary, Urban Welfare & Housing  State Minister O.P.S. Bhadoriya, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Additional Chief Secretary Health Mohammad Suleman along with concerned officials were present. Commissioner Jabalpur and district administration officials joined through video conferencing.

Chouhan also said that hospitals should be checked in the entire state including Jabalpur. If the fire safety system is found to be lacking, the licenses of the hospitals should be cancelled. He said that fire NOC, building permission and electrical safety are necessary to prevent accidents.

He also added that immediate and long-term steps should be taken to change the fire safety policy by learning lessons from the incident. Take action to implement uniform rules for fire safety in hospitals, hotels and multi buildings. He also directed the concerned departments to conduct joint inspections.- Window To news

Source: MPInfo