This story is from May 29, 2019

Show fire NOC, run classes: Ahmedabad police

After imposing a blanket ban on running private tuition classes for the next two months following the May 23 Surat fire tragedy, the city police on Tuesday
Show fire NOC, run classes: Ahmedabad police
Pushpanjali School in Ramol
AHMEDABAD: After imposing a blanket ban on running private tuition classes for the next two months following the May 23 Surat fire tragedy, the city police on Tuesday issued a clarification saying that the tuition classes having fire NOC and equipments can remain open.
“Following Surat fire tragedy, Ahmedabad city police commissioner had prohibited running of private tuition classes.
Some organizations have represented before us to allow them to run their units as they have the fire NOC. Considering this fact, certain guidelines have been issued. If a private coaching class produces a valid NOC before the police station concerned, they will be allowed to run the institute,” mention the guidelines issued by additional police commissioner of special branch, Premveer Singh.
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“The institutes which do not have the fire NOC can approach AMC’s civic centres to obtain the NOC,” it added.
Singh said that the new guidelines were issued to clarify that the commissioner’s notification did not mean to shut all the tuition classes in the city.
On May 23 night, Ahmedabad police commissioner A K Singh ordered shutting down of all private tuition or coaching classes in the city for two months, till July 23.
In the notification, Singh ordered that only after tuition class owners submit fire safety NOCs, and proof of prescribed fire safety equipment being installed and personnel trained in their use, will they consider allowing the classes to open. Cops warned that if classes are found to be open, action under Section 188 of CrPC will be taken.
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