2024-07-29 19:46:09
quota: The incident of water logging in the basement of Rajendra Nagar in Delhi has opened the eyes of many cities. After the death of three IAS coaching students in the basement library, there is panic in the country. In the same sequence, the administration was also in alert mode in Kota, which is called the coaching city. The administration was also alert about the incident in Kota, the coaching city of Rajasthan. On Monday, a surprise inspection was done by the Municipal Corporation in Kota. During this, the libraries were checked, out of which instructions have been given to close most of them today.
Surprise inspection of a dozen libraries
Today on Monday, the Chief Fire Officer and Fire Officer of Kota Nagar Nigam North-South went out in the field. They conducted surprise inspections in more than a dozen libraries. In many libraries, only one exit gate was found. This gate was also being used for entry. Fire extinguishing equipment was not found at many places. At one place, a mini theatre was also found in the basement along with the library, which was completely illegal.
The administrative officer said this
Here, the team of the fire brigade of the corporation administration also went out to check the libraries in coaching hub areas like Jawaharnagar, Talwandi, Indira Vihar, Landmark. Wherever deficiencies were found on Monday, instructions to close those libraries were issued on the spot. Chief Fire Officer Rakesh Vyas said that if these libraries are found running tomorrow on Tuesday, then they will be sealed and closed. Electricity transformer was found at the entry gate.
In the Landmark area of Kota, a library was found running inside a hostel. A large electric transformer was found placed at the entry gate of the library. In such a situation, fire officer Sita reprimanded the hostel-library operator for the electric transformer. Also, she instructed to immediately shift the transformer outside the hostel. Otherwise, she warned of sealing the hostel. The library operates 24 hours a day.
In Kota coaching city, lakhs of students study for medical and engineering entrance exams. Many of these students study in the library during the day and night. Today on Monday, when a surprise inspection was done by the corporation administration, a large number of students were seen studying in many libraries during the day. On investigation, it was found that such libraries operate 24 hours a day.
For the first time, students come here to study in different shifts during the day and night. In such a situation, the administration should not wait for any accident. This is the first time that the administration has conducted a surprise inspection of the library in Kota. Before this, the Kota district administration has never visited such a large number of libraries, otherwise the shortcomings that were found today would have been revealed earlier.