Fire in the city!

Fire breaks out almost everyday in the city.In most cases fury of fire is devastating and it engulfs wide area making innumerable people destitute.In some cases fire has taken heavy toll of lives too.In fact,fire has spared none, right from patients in modern corporate hospital to slum dwellers.

After each incidence of major fire break-out administration embark upon some knee-jerk measures to prevent fire.They visit high rises and large establishments to see if people properly maintain fire safety norms and have fire detecting and fighting devices.In most cases they're disappointed by utter indifference of the management there regarding fire safety.In some old buildings electrical wiring is in such a bad shape that cluster of wires dangle menacingly causing concern for fire breakout by short circuit at any moment. Fire department caution them against being so callous about safety and advise them to duly follow fire norms.But all suggestions fall flat on the deaf ear and things go on as usual till a major fire breaks out again some where.

Kolkata is a pretty old city and so it is built mostly in unplanned way.Particularly North Kolkata is so congested that space between two buildings and approach roads as well are so narrow that fire engines can't enter many areas to combat fire.In most places lack of water badly affect fire fighting.In fact, to minimize the incidences of fire many old building and new high rises as well need be demolished but it's no practical proposition.Occurrences of fire should be controlled with in the present frame work.For it what's most needed is public awareness and sustained efforts of the administration.Let us hope our collective determination would make it possible the devastating fire at Hatibagan is the last episode of major fire in the city.