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SME Times News Bureau | 16 Feb, 2021
A delegation from the Andhra Pradesh Chamber of Commerce
and Industry Association (AP Chambers) met with the Director General of
state disaster response and fire services department, Mohammed Ahasn
Reza, and asked for relaxing the fire safety norms for industries on
Tuesday.
"AP Chambers urged the fire services department to relax
fire norms for industries by increasing the fire exemption NOC (no
objection certificate) height from the current 15 metres," said an AP
Chambers representative.
The delegation suggested Reza that hazardous industries should have tighter norms and non-hazardous industries relaxed norms.
The
industry body has also suggested the director general to slash fire NOC
renewal charges for units within 15 metres height, including reducing
the current renewal fees from Rs 5 per sq metre to Rs 1 per sq metre,
considering the current economic scenario crippled by the coronavirus
pandemic.
Similarly, the delegation also requested the director
general no to include small scale industries under the Fire Service Act,
1999 as proposed in the amendments to the Act.
"The Chambers
appealed to the director general that the Fire Amendment Act needs to be
industry friendly and not a burden for the industry," said the
representative.
The meeting with Reza is in response to the press
release issued by the State Disaster Response and Fire Services
department on December 17, regarding the amendments to the Fire Service
Act, 1999.
According to the delegation, Reza responded
positively, and told the representatives that he will shortly call a
stakeholders' meeting to elicit views from the industry.
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