Despite the difficulties experienced in extinguishing fire in Chennai Silks building in Chennai, no objection certificate (NOC) was issued to reconstruct the building, according to the compliance Audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) for the year ended March 2022 tabled in the Assembly on Wednesday.
The fire accident occurred in Chennai on May 31, 2017, and the Fire and Rescue Services Department took 30 hours to douse the fire, mainly due to inaccessibility to the building which was situated on a busy commercial road, the CAG said in its specific Area Compliance Audit on ‘Preparedness and Response of Fire and Rescue Services Department’.
The Aerial Ladder Platform vehicle brought to the scene by the department could not be put to use due to locational difficulties and the department had to bring in additional crash tender from airport to douse the fire, it said.
