Hyderabad: High-level review meeting on fire incidents held at BRKR Bhavan

Hyderabad: Following a massive fire mishap in Secunderabad, a high-level review meeting began at Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari office in BRKR Bhavan.

The meeting will discuss measures to be taken on huge buildings without fire prevention permits under GHMC and demolition of unauthorised buildings.

State Municipal Minister KT Rama Rao, Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivasa Yadav and Home Minister Mahmood Ali and GHMC officials participated in this review meeting.

It is to mention here that Home Minister of Telangana, Mohammed Mahmood Ali held a review meeting with officials of the Telangana Fire Services department and the home secretary Jitendar over the recent fire mishaps in city. Director General (fire) Y Nagi Reddy, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) enforcement director Dr Vishwajit K and other officials took part in the meeting. It is learnt that the officials brief the Home Minister about the various violations taken place in the buildings where cellars were used as godowns instead for parkings, resulting in fire accidents.

Mohammed Mahmood Ali directed officials to collect the details of the buildings where violations were noticed and present them on Wednesday.