Council to demand vigilance probe into frequent fires

  • | Sunday | 31st March, 2019

Still, there isn’t any progress in the investigation,” Jain said.Following the fire outbreak, corporation authorities had summoned some of the officials who were in-charge of the operation of the plant. Though the civic body authorities sought an explanation on why the cameras turned defunct at the same time of the occurrence of fire, they couldn’t give a clear reply.According to officials, “something fell on the monitor of the system causing damages to it”.But on why the hardware had been reformatted, officials from Brahmapuram had no reply.There are allegations that somebody wilfully set the garbage on fire at Brahmapuram.The fire outbreak at Brahmapuram in February had engulfed Kochi and its suburbs in toxic smoke. It was also found that the hardware of the CCTV system had been reformatted and attempts to retrieve visuals from the hardware also failed,” Jain said.She said these facts hint at chances of sabotage.Speaking at the corporation council meeting, works standing committee chairman P M Harris raised concerns that there might be wilful attempts by vested interests to tamper the surveillance system.LDF councillor P S Prakash said that the incident should be probed with the help of the state government.The mayor said that the corporation officials had filed a complaint with the police immediately after the fire outbreak on March 15.“Then, we had brought the issue to the notice of city police commissioner as well as the district collector. KOCHI: City corporation council held on Saturday decided to recommend vigilance probe into the back-to-back incidents of fire outbreaks at Brahmapuram Mayor Soumini Jain said that the surveillance cameras installed on the premises of solid treatment plant at Brahmapuram turned defunct between 12.30pm and 1.30 pm on March 15, the same time when a major fire broke out.On March 20, TOI had carried a report about CCTVs turning defunct simultaneously with the incidence of fire.Officials in-charge of the solid waste treatment plant maintained that the monitor of the surveillance system developed technical snags and that was the reason for not capturing the visuals during the period.“It was found that visuals from the cameras, installed as part of the measures taken following nation green tribunal team’s visit at Brahmapuram, were available just before and after the fire.

KOCHI: City corporation council held on Saturday decided to recommend vigilance probe into the back-to-back incidents of fire outbreaks at Brahmapuram Mayor Soumini Jain said that the surveillance cameras installed on the premises of solid treatment plant at Brahmapuram turned defunct between 12.30pm and 1.30 pm on March 15, the same time when a major fire broke out.On March 20, TOI had carried a report about CCTVs turning defunct simultaneously with the incidence of fire.Officials in-charge of the solid waste treatment plant maintained that the monitor of the surveillance system developed technical snags and that was the reason for not capturing the visuals during the period.“It was found that visuals from the cameras, installed as part of the measures taken following nation green tribunal team’s visit at Brahmapuram, were available just before and after the fire. It was also found that the hardware of the CCTV system had been reformatted and attempts to retrieve visuals from the hardware also failed,” Jain said.She said these facts hint at chances of sabotage.Speaking at the corporation council meeting, works standing committee chairman P M Harris raised concerns that there might be wilful attempts by vested interests to tamper the surveillance system.LDF councillor P S Prakash said that the incident should be probed with the help of the state government.The mayor said that the corporation officials had filed a complaint with the police immediately after the fire outbreak on March 15.“Then, we had brought the issue to the notice of city police commissioner as well as the district collector. Still, there isn’t any progress in the investigation,” Jain said.Following the fire outbreak, corporation authorities had summoned some of the officials who were in-charge of the operation of the plant. Though the civic body authorities sought an explanation on why the cameras turned defunct at the same time of the occurrence of fire, they couldn’t give a clear reply.According to officials, “something fell on the monitor of the system causing damages to it”.But on why the hardware had been reformatted, officials from Brahmapuram had no reply.There are allegations that somebody wilfully set the garbage on fire at Brahmapuram.The fire outbreak at Brahmapuram in February had engulfed Kochi and its suburbs in toxic smoke.

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