KOLKATA: Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim has directed the state fire services department to conduct special inspections at nightclubs before the New Year's Eve celebrations.
The move from the civic body comes in the wake of a recent fire incident in Goa, which claimed 25 lives.
In a bid to prevent any possibility of fire incidents in the city during this festive season, the Kolkata Mayor has written to the fire department requesting them to inspect the safety infrastructure of every rooftop restaurant, bar, nightclub, and hotel.
On Wednesday, Mayor Firhad Hakim said that the inspections were ordered to check whether the rooftop restaurants were operating according to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). He stated that 83 restaurants have been inspected so far, and all of them are following the SOPs. "However, I have written to the fire department. I have requested them to monitor whether small and large hotels, restaurants, bars and nightclubs, in addition to rooftop establishments, are following the SOPs during this festive season, " said Hakim.