Surat: Finally, the Surat international airport has been given no-objection certificate (NOC) by the Surat Municipal Corporation’s (SMC) fire and emergency department after the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had applied for the NOC.
Since 2005, the Surat airport had been operating without taking the mandatory NOC from the SMC’s fire and emergency department. The issue had come up during the inspection of the warehouse at the domestic cargo terminal by the fire authorities in the first week of December-2019. A diesel pump installed inside the warehouse was found to be in the non-working condition.
The fire department had issued notice to the Surat airport authorities asking them to take the NOC within 15 days. On checking the records, it was found that the airport authorities had not applied for the NOC since 2005.
According to the national fire safety manual, every airport has to take fire NOC from the local civic authorities. However, the Surat airport authorities failed to take the NOC.
Official sources in the SMC’s fire and emergency department said that the fire systems installed at the airport were inspected on January 6, 2020 and that they were found in the working condition. The systems including fire hydrant with hose box and hose reel, fire extinguisher, main fire pump with diesel pump, smoke detector with fire alarm system, sprinkler, under ground water tank and exit were all checked.
31/01/20 Times of India
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Since 2005, the Surat airport had been operating without taking the mandatory NOC from the SMC’s fire and emergency department. The issue had come up during the inspection of the warehouse at the domestic cargo terminal by the fire authorities in the first week of December-2019. A diesel pump installed inside the warehouse was found to be in the non-working condition.
The fire department had issued notice to the Surat airport authorities asking them to take the NOC within 15 days. On checking the records, it was found that the airport authorities had not applied for the NOC since 2005.
According to the national fire safety manual, every airport has to take fire NOC from the local civic authorities. However, the Surat airport authorities failed to take the NOC.
Official sources in the SMC’s fire and emergency department said that the fire systems installed at the airport were inspected on January 6, 2020 and that they were found in the working condition. The systems including fire hydrant with hose box and hose reel, fire extinguisher, main fire pump with diesel pump, smoke detector with fire alarm system, sprinkler, under ground water tank and exit were all checked.
31/01/20 Times of India
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