Fire audit of all hospitals soon: PMC commissioner

Citing the slow implementation of the River Rejuvenation Project, the municipal commissioner said he would focus on improving the condition of Mula and Mutha rivers that cuts across the city

“Any fire breakout in hospitals leads to major casualties. Hence, I have decided to conduct a fire audit of all hospitals in the city in the next 15 days," said the newly appointed PMC Commissioner (File)

Newly appointed municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram on Monday said a fire audit of all hospitals in the city will be conducted soon to avoid any fire breakout.

“Any fire breakout in hospitals leads to major casualties. Hence, I have decided to conduct a fire audit of all hospitals in the city in the next 15 days,” Ram said. There are 19 civic-run maternity homes, 53 OPDs and two hospitals and 870 registered private hospitals in the city.

Citing the slow implementation of the River Rejuvenation Project, the municipal commissioner said he would focus on improving the condition of Mula and Mutha rivers that cuts across the city while giving priority to citizens by listening to them and solving their grievances.

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“The river rejuvenation project was proposed long ago, and I heard about it five years ago during my tenure as Pune collector. I want to speed up the project as it will change the city,” said Ram, who took over as commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation on Saturday.

He said the Pune Metro project is another mega project on which he would be focusing to resolve any land acquisition issues.

Drinking water is going to be a serious issue in the city due to urbanisation and hence its management will be given prime importance, said Ram.

Ajay Jadhav

Ajay Jadhav is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, Pune. He writes on Infrastructure, Politics, Civic issues, Sustainable Development and related stuff. He is a trekker and a sports enthusiast. Ajay has written research articles on the Conservancy staff that created a nationwide impact in framing policy to improve the condition of workers handling waste. Ajay has been consistently writing on politics and infrastructure. He brought to light the lack of basic infrastructure of school and hospital in the hometown of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde even as two private helipads were developed by the leader who mostly commutes from Mumbai to Satara in helicopter. Ajay has been reporting on sustainable development initiatives that protects the environment while ensuring infrastructure development. ... Read More

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