Pune: The civic body will conduct an audit of firefighting systems in auditoriums across its jurisdiction. “The administration wants to ensure that these systems are intact and functioning properly. So, the administration has ordered this audit.
The lacunas found in the assessment will be addressed after scrutiny,” said Manisha Shekatkar, head of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s electrical department. PMC had carried out fire audits of all auditoriums across civic areas in 2023 and highlighted various shortfalls in the system. Then Pune guardian minister and current Kothrud MLA Chandrakant Patil had announced that repairs and maintenance work of all auditoriums would be taken up on priority.
The decision was taken after artists as well as spectators complained about poorly maintained auditoriums and lack of facilities. The newly proposed audit will cross-verify the suggestions provided by the earlier audit and do fresh assessment. The tender bids for it were opened last week.
“The technical issues are different at different auditoriums. The new audits will see if the repairs suggested in the previous assessment in 2023 have been completed or not,” said a senior official of PMC’s building and establishment department. PMC officials said new audits will also be carried out in municipal hospitals and civic schools.
Altogether 75 municipal buildings will be audited. The audits will be completed in a month and the civic body will spend nearly Rs 80 lakh on this asses.