{"id":52715,"date":"2019-06-16T09:42:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T04:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=52715"},"modified":"2019-06-14T17:48:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T12:48:38","slug":"owners-of-high-rises-ordered-to-maintain-safety-standards-follow-building-by-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/owners-of-high-rises-ordered-to-maintain-safety-standards-follow-building-by-laws.html","title":{"rendered":"Owners of high-rises ordered to maintain safety standards, follow building by-laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Department of Civil Defence has made it mandatory for developers of high-rises to abide by building laws and maintain safety standards from July 1 onwards, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/survey-on-buildings-missing-fire-safety-arrangements-completed-crackdown-up-next.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Survey on buildings missing fire safety arrangements completed, crackdown up next<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In order to ensure best practices, the department has served red notices to the violators in Rawalpindi District.<\/p>\n<p>It has also instructed private and public housing schemes to ensure presence of an ambulance and installation of water hydrants near the societies\u2019 main entrance. In case of non-compliance, the officials concerned would launch a grand operation, and violators would be penalised.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rcb-seeks-safety-documents-for-high-rise-buildings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RCB seeks safety documents for high-rise buildings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As per reports, many high-rise buildings in the districts lack firefighting equipment, proper emergency exits, and a helipad on their rooftop. As a reminder, the department has served red notices to the owners of these buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it has instructed the developers and owners to install water hydrants near the entry points to efficiently handle any emergency situation.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/seventy-percent-of-plazas-in-rawalpindi-found-to-be-illegal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seventy-percent of plazas in Rawalpindi found to be illegal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The developers of housing schemes and high-rise buildings who will fail to abide by the new rules and instructions shared will face major consequences. These include facing legal charges and imposition of heavy fines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Department of Civil Defence has made it mandatory for developers of high-rises to abide by building laws and maintain safety standards from July 1 onwards, a news source reported. Read:\u00a0Survey on buildings missing fire safety arrangements completed, crackdown up next In order to ensure best practices, the department has served red notices to the violators in Rawalpindi District. It has also instructed private and public housing schemes to ensure presence of an ambulance and installation of water hydrants near the societies\u2019 main entrance. In case of non-compliance, the officials concerned would launch a grand operation, and violators would be penalised. Read:\u00a0RCB seeks safety documents for high-rise buildings As per reports, many high-rise buildings in the districts lack firefighting equipment, proper emergency exits, and a helipad on their rooftop. As a reminder, the department has served red notices to the owners of these buildings. Furthermore, it has instructed the developers and owners to install water hydrants near the entry points to efficiently handle any emergency situation. Read:\u00a0Seventy-percent of plazas in Rawalpindi found to be illegal The developers of housing schemes and high-rise buildings who will fail to abide by the new rules and instructions shared will face major consequences.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":43390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11900],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-owners-of-high-rises-ordered-to-maintain-safety-standards-and-follow-building-by-laws"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Owners of high-rises ordered to maintain safety standards, follow building by-laws - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: The Department of Civil Defence has made it mandatory for developers of high-rises to abide by building laws and maintain safety standards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/owners-of-high-rises-ordered-to-maintain-safety-standards-follow-building-by-laws.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Owners of high-rises ordered to maintain safety standards, follow building by-laws - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: The Department of Civil Defence has made it mandatory for developers of high-rises to abide by building laws and maintain safety standards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/owners-of-high-rises-ordered-to-maintain-safety-standards-follow-building-by-laws.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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