{"id":71721,"date":"2020-10-28T16:45:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=71721"},"modified":"2020-10-28T16:45:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:45:37","slug":"punjab-govt-makes-mandatory-high-rise-buildings-install-fire-hydrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-makes-mandatory-high-rise-buildings-install-fire-hydrants.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt makes it mandatory for high-rise buildings to install fire hydrants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab government has made it mandatory for high rise buildings in Lahore and other major urban centres of the province to install fire hydrants \u2014 a news source reported on October 28. Along with layout approvals, the building owners will now also have to obtain certificates confirming the installation of fire hydrants in their respective developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/crackdown-ordered-against-460-private-high-rises-lacking-firefighting-equipment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crackdown ordered against 460 private high-rises lacking firefighting equipment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was taken during the sixth meeting of the Punjab Emergency Council. On the occasion, it was further decided that the government would take strict action against the buildings that failed to install fire hydrants. These hydrants are expected to make firefighting easier for rescue workers in case of a situation similar to the recent Hafeez Centre incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/owners-of-plazas-missing-firefighting-arrangements-to-be-penalised.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Owners of plazas missing firefighting arrangements to be penalised<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar also directed the authorities concerned to conduct inspections of fire safety arrangements in buildings around the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab government has made it mandatory for high rise buildings in Lahore and other major urban centres of the province to install fire hydrants \u2014 a news source reported on October 28. Along with layout approvals, the building owners will now also have to obtain certificates confirming the installation of fire hydrants in their respective developments. Read: Crackdown ordered against 460 private high-rises lacking firefighting equipment The decision was taken during the sixth meeting of the Punjab Emergency Council. On the occasion, it was further decided that the government would take strict action against the buildings that failed to install fire hydrants. These hydrants are expected to make firefighting easier for rescue workers in case of a situation similar to the recent Hafeez Centre incident. Read: Owners of plazas missing firefighting arrangements to be penalised At the same time, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar also directed the authorities concerned to conduct inspections of fire safety arrangements in buildings around the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":61600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013],"tags":[42084,12571,42083],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-71721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"tag-fire-hydrants","9":"tag-high-rise-buildings","10":"tag-punjab-govt-makes-it-mandatory-for-high-rise-buildings-to-install-fire-hydrants","11":"cat-15013-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab govt makes it mandatory for high-rise buildings to install fire hydrants - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government has made it mandatory for high rise buildings in Lahore and other major urban centres of the province to install fire hydrants \u2014 a news source reported on October 28.\" \/>\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\/punjab-govt-makes-mandatory-high-rise-buildings-install-fire-hydrants.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab govt makes it mandatory for high-rise buildings to install fire hydrants - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government has made it mandatory for high rise buildings in Lahore and other major urban centres of the province to install fire hydrants \u2014 a news source reported on October 28.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-makes-mandatory-high-rise-buildings-install-fire-hydrants.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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