Bar on Buildings with Fixed Glass Facades

MUMBAI: Alarmed by last week's blaze at a commercial building in the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), the BMC has decided to disallow the use of fixed glass sheets on facades. 

Municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte has asked the building proposal department and the fire brigade to draw up strict guidelines on facades and allow only those glass exteriors that can be dismantled. It has been found that firemen find it difficult to access the affected portion from outside if a building has a fixed glass facade. 

All these changes have to be incorporated in the fire safety norms to be followed for a particular building. These will then be verified before the fire brigade issues a no-objection certificate to the building. 

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