Summary:
These buildings have been issued notices to comply with the fire safety provisions of new GDCR.Chief fire officer, SMC, Basant Parikh said, “We have 600 odd highrises and we have started sending them notices to comply with the rules prescribed in new GDCR. There are nearly 600 buildings constructed in the city which are above 25 metre in height before the regulation came into effect. This is being done to make them comply with the provisions of fire safety under new GDCR of 2017. Surat: Fire department of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has started issuing notices to residential apartments and commercial complexes having height more than 15 metre. However, the fire department of SMC has not given building use (BU) certificate to any new building..