JMC will float tenders for 10 fire vehicles soon

  • | Saturday | 22nd September, 2018

The JMC will issue tenders for 10 fire tenders in the city soon.Financial bid will soon start for 10 fire tenders, which will help the department to keep up with their needs. Jaipur: The Jaipur municipal corporation (JMC) is geared up to modernise the city’s fire department. Along with these, department of local bodies (DLB) is providing five vehicles to the fire department. However, JMC accounts were seized, due to which they were not able to pay for the bikes and their launch was delayed. Recently, JMC had approved the purchase of 400 fire-fighting suits, which were never used before.

Jaipur: The Jaipur municipal corporation (JMC) is geared up to modernise the city’s fire department. The JMC will issue tenders for 10 fire tenders in the city soon.Financial bid will soon start for 10 fire tenders, which will help the department to keep up with their needs. Along with these, department of local bodies (DLB) is providing five vehicles to the fire department. The vehicles by DLB will have a capacity of 3,000 litres of water, that will be used to extinguish fire in small, congested lanes. Department will get hold of the vehicles on Monday. Since many years, there have been demands of improving the facilities of the department. Recently, JMC had approved the purchase of 400 fire-fighting suits, which were never used before. The suits will help the officers to stay in close vicinity of fire. Department has spent crores of rupees in purchasing them.Similarly, the fire department had purchased 22 fire-fighting bikes in July, worth Rs 7.5 lakh each, to help reach the congested lanes in the city. However, JMC accounts were seized, due to which they were not able to pay for the bikes and their launch was delayed. However, the fire committee is hopeful that by the end of this month, all legal requirements will be fulfilled and the bikes will be launched.

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