Many Bangalore High Rise Buildings and Malls are not Safe

Many Bangalore malls and high rise buildings are not Fire safe. Worst accidents that what happened today in Carlton Towers in Bangalore can happen in many places in the city. Many Malls and offices do not have proper fire exits or in many cases like in Carlton fire exits are locked. Many places are over crowded in evenings and weekends and filled beyond capacity. A small incident or panic can turn into a big accident. Take e.g. big bazaar near Forum or Total Mall on Sarjapur Road in weekends, we do not see properly marked exits, most of the times stairs are used as storage or for sale item displays limiting movement of people. There are no limit on how many people are allowed in. We rarely see fire extinguishers at key accessible locations. I hope audit is conducted on buildings in Bangalore by authorities and corrective actions taken.

Bangalore Fire

- Neeraj