BBMP, Fire and Emergency Services squabble over who should shut down rooftop establishments with lax fire safety norms, allowing them to thrive in the bargain

Following a fire at a rooftop hookah bar on October 19, the State government ordered an audit of all rooftop bars and the closure of those without clearance. The audit identified 243 such rooftop bars and restaurants. However, none of them have been closed.

Instead, they continue to thrive even as the Fire and Emergency Services and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) are engaged in a quarrell over who should shut them. 

Fire department sends list to BBMP