Nearly 10 years after the then Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh handed over the keys to a couple residents of the 8,448 small flats constructed by Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) in Dhanas, the board is but to take a name on the set up of a firefighting system within the neighborhood — which now homes 45,000 individuals.

In the latest assembly chaired by the finance secretary, the officers didn’t take any determination and the matter was deferred to a later dialogue to be held below the UT advisor Dharam Pal.

Speaking of the identical, CHB chief government officer (CEO) Yashpal Garg stated, “We are engaged on deciding whether or not to put in the firefighting system or have a hearth brigade stationed within the space. We will quickly be taking the choice on this regard.

In September 2013, Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) handed over possession of 8,448 flats in Dhanas to the residents of Colony Numbers 4 and 5. The flats had been constructed below the UT administration’s slum rehabilitation plan. The flats have been constructed on 162.5 acres of land with a motive to take away Colony Numbers 4 and 5.

Area councilor Ram Chander Yadav stated, regardless of a number of representations and requests to each UT administration and CHB, no hearth combating system has been put in within the space.

Akhil Bansal, a resident of Dhanas, stated the officers had been enjoying with hearth and a significant might get away any day within the absence of a correct system. “We are paying the license fee for the flats every month,” he identified.

Another CHB official, in the meantime stated, “We are prepared to put in the system at the price of 11 crore, however the residents usually are not able to take over the upkeep of the system.”