HC expresses concern over lack of fire-fighting equipment in SCB

Cuttack: The Orissa high court on Monday said “absence of a fire-fighting system in a huge establishment like SCB Medical College Hospital, (SCBMCH) Cuttack is a matter of serious concern.” The court said, “All the officers of the state are under obligation to take effective steps and make earnest endeavour so that the process of installation of fire-fighting systems in SCBMCH is expedited.”The court was hearing a PIL on inadequate fire safety measures at the premier medical institution. Maitree Sansad – a city based socio-cultural organisation filed the petition in 2015. The two-judge bench of Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and Justice M S Raman said the PIL is of “immense importance” as it relates to installation of fire-fighting systems in SCBMCH.The hospital is “indisputably” one of the premier medical institutions of the state having 87 buildings.

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Justice Gangopadhyay to quit law and join politics, may fight LS polls

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