Pinarayi Vijayan seeks list of unsafe govt buildings in 2 weeks
Pinarayi Vijayan
has directed the disaster relief department to identify decrepit govt buildings, including schools and hospitals, and submit a list within two weeks.
The directive, issued during a high-level meeting, comes in the wake of multiple incidents last month -- including the death of a 52-year-old woman after a toilet complex collapsed at Kottayam medical college and the electrocution of a 13-year-old student at an aided school in Kollam. In another scare, a portion of the roof at a govt upper primary school in Karthikappally, Alappuzha, collapsed. Fortunately, the incident occurred on a Sunday and no one was injured.
At the meeting, it was decided that all unsafe public buildings will be categorised based on whether they require immediate repair or demolition. In the case of school buildings, demolitions must be scheduled during holidays to avoid disrupting classes. Until the buildings are rebuilt, local bodies, PTAs and the education department must ensure alternative arrangements to conduct classes. The CM also instructed that safety inspections of unaided school buildings be carried out simultaneously.
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A software system will be developed to record details of public buildings in hazardous conditions. A joint inspection mechanism involving the chief electrical inspector, local self-govt representatives and PWD electrical engineers will be established to check electrical safety issues.
The meeting was attended by revenue minister K Rajan, finance minister K N Balagopal, PWD minister P A Mohammed Riyas, general education minister V Sivankutty, health minister Veena George, chief secretary A Jayathilak and district collectors.
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