Cinepolis at Centre Square Mall in MG Road, Kochi has been asked to shut down by Ernakulam district collector Mohammed Y. Safirulla K. The reason for close down was due to a safety issue.<\/p>\n
The notice said that the theatre was functioning at a height of 40m without a no-objection certificate (NOC) from Fire & Safety department.According to National Building Code, theatres and auditoriums having a height of above 30m cannot be allowed as evacuation becomes very difficult at the time of emergency. Fire & Safety Department had refused to issue NOC citing this issue.<\/p>\n
According to National Building Code, theatres and auditoriums having a height of above 30m cannot be allowed as evacuation becomes very difficult at the time of emergency.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Though the fire and rescue department hadn’t given NOC for the structure above 30m, the owners of the building MS Peeves Project Private Ltd approached High Court and secured a temporary occupancy certificate and also managed to get a cinematography licence from Cochin Corporation. What\u2019s shocking is that even five years after its opening in 2012, the theatre complex did not secure the NOC.\u00a0 The multiplex had been functioning on the basis of the temporary occupancy certificate.<\/p>\n
Earlier, when the district administration had ordered the corporation to take action against the multiplex, the local body maintained that they could not act as a case in this regard was pending before the court.<\/p>\n
In 1997, fire broke out in Uphaar cinemas in Delhi while the show was going on and the accident claimed 59lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Since the corporation authorities failed to take action against it after repeated orders from the district administration, the district collector sought legal opinion and decided to issue stop memo.<\/p>\n
Earlier, fire and safety department issued notices to 700 buildings, warning them against poor maintenance of fire safety systems. In a second inspection, 250 of the 700 buildings had still not rectified their flaws. It was after this that the department filed a report with the district collector that the theatre in the Centre Square Mall did not have the NOC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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