Dec 29, 2024 06:02 AM IST
On the identical, it has put a severe query mark over the functioning of scrapyards with none Normal Working Course of SOPs which might endanger the lives of residents
The cylinder blast at a scrap store within the metropolis which claimed the life of 1 particular person and left three others injured in Mundhwa has as soon as once more put a highlight on cylinder security norms be it breaking the discarded cylinders for scrap or unlawful tampering that’s refilling completed by unscrupulous components.
As many as six such cylinder blast incidents resulting in huge fireplace incidents had been reported throughout the previous yr. (HT PHOTO)
On the identical time, knowledge launched by the hearth division states that between January and November 2024, as many as 1493 fireplace incidents had taken place within the metropolis. The fires have led to large financial losses in residential areas and the variety of fireplace incidents in residential areas has additionally proven a big improve. Space residents had drawn consideration in the direction of the problems of scrapyard fires once in a while earlier than the PMC administration and police however their pleas have gone. In response to the hearth division, two fireplace incidents are reported each month and scrap outlets are erected both in open grounds or in momentary tin sheds in slum areas which poses a severe risk to the lives of space residents.
The Mundhwa compressor blast comes within the backdrop of the Kudalwadi fireplace incident the place greater than 100 scrap godowns, largely unlawful, had been gutted in a significant blaze. In response to officers, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Company (PCMC) began demolishing unlawful scrap yards within the space.
Nonetheless, in Pune, Mundhwa, Hadapsar and Kondhwa, Uruli Devachi, Mantarwadi, Phusrsungi and Warje areas within the japanese a part of the town have not too long ago seen an uptick in iron scrap breaking enterprise.
In response to the hearth division, there are greater than a thousand such scrap yards in numerous corners of Pune which function from slums, open lands, deserted plots and open land plots within the metropolis outskirts.
Pune fireplace chief Devendra Potphode mentioned, “There are not any tips for breaking iron objects be it cylinders or compressors of vacuum gasoline steel merchandise. There are obnoxious gases created on account of chemical reactions and friction on account of explosions or outbreaks of main fires. We are going to quickly current a report back to the PMC commissioner about our observations of the unlawful operations inside Scrap Yards and outlets.
The district administration has additionally directed the Meals and Drug Administration to conduct a security evaluation of LPG gasoline cylinder storage services and ordered them to crack down on these discovered tampering and refilling from unique LPG cylinders.
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