Punjab gets 11 firefighting vehicles
Thursday, 27/07/2017
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Chandigarh : Eleven firefighting vehicles were on Wednesday flagged off here for several areas of Punjab.
Each vehicle will cater to the needs of Jalandhar, Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Dinanagar, Dhuri, Sunam, Faridkot, Nabha, Dera Baba Nanak, Raikot, and Nakodar cities, a spokesperson said here.
He said apart from the vehicles flagged off on Wednesday, eight more would be launched next week with one vehicle each for Jalandhar and Patiala, and two each for Ludhiana, Bathinda and Amritsar.
He also said a Fire Services Directorate would come up and a Fire Prevention Act would also be put in place and deliberations in this regard would be held during the course of the next Cabinet meeting.
He also said the Punjab government would observe ‘Fire Extinguishing Service Week’ on annual basis from April 17 to 21.
He also said Punjab has 195 fire control vehicles for 54 fire stations, out of which 114 are outdated.
‘New’ fire tender breaks down after launch
Chandigarh : Two of the 11 fire tenders launched on Wednesday were already in bad condition. It was learnt that the new tenders had created jam-like situation on the road in Sector 32. The officials somehow managed to push one of the vehicles to a safe place, while the other refused to budge. This gave rise to speculations that it was a case of old wine in new bottle as old vehicles were being refurbished and presented as new vehicles.
Numerous attempts to reach Local Bodies Department officials proved to be unsuccessful.
