Lapsed fire NOCs: Notices to 37 schools in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad fire and emergency services (AFES) issued closure notices to 37 schools in various areas on Thursday, for failing to get their fire safety no-objection certificates (NOCs) renewed. AFES officials said the schools were given multiple reminders to renew their fire NOCs.

The majority of these schools, 16, are in the East Zone of AMC, which includes areas such as Naroda, Odhav and Gomtipur.There are five such schools in each of the Central and South Zones, and four each in the West and North West Zones. Three schools are in the South West Zone.
The official said that if they still don’t comply, the fire department will be forced to take more stringent action. On Wednesday, the fire department sealed 13 restaurants and hotels for failing to renew their fire safety NOCs. Eight patients had lost their lives when a major fire broke out at Shrey Hospital in Navrangpura on August 6 last year. The hospital did not have a fire NOC.