We are luckiest people in the whole world. We should feel proud about our luck. So Much so that we should celebrate that. Don’t believe me? Soon you will.
Now a days, we have got used to, to bad news so much that we hold news paper and straight away start looking for latest scam, accident, corruption, bad roads, bad public transport, bad infrastructure, bad system, bad this and bad that……… But don’t feel so bad about it because we are very very very lucky people.
Today Just came across news about some malpractices by Navi Mumbai builders regarding FSI rule violation. But most of the builders in Navi Mumbai are anyway known for such practices. If not FSI violation then selling flats with invisible area under name of super, duper, built up, scrap down areas and other imaginative title and so…..and why only Navi Mumbai, even in Mumbai things are not much different.
Just take an example. As per Fire department’s guidelines every building must have separate external staircase for Fire Escape. Without that, Fire Dept. does not give its clearance and building does not deemed fit for stay. Hence they do not get O.C. (Occupation Certificate). But 99 % of residential building does not have separate staircase for Fire Escape. (That explains why most of the building does not have OCs) but still BMC allows builders to let people occupy building. (Only many new commercial buildings have external fire escape, that too because commercial client normally demand this)
But most of the people do not understand its ramification. Suppose person stays on 3rd or 4th floor and fire catches up at 1st floor. That person will come to know, only when smoke will start entering into his house. That means by this time, whole staircase, lobby everything is already filled up with smoke. Obviously lift cannot be used. While trying to go down to escape smoke, through only staircase which is, almost all the time, internal and filled with thick smoke, within seconds (and much earlier than you expect) person will fall unconscious even before reaching to 1st floor. And if he doesn't get immediate help, within next few minutes, he will be dead, even without actually getting burn from fire.
If this is a case with some one staying on just 3rd or 4th floor, just imagine, what is chance of survival for people staying on higher floors? And we have building with 15,20, 25, 30 floors with same danger present all the time (and add to that, most of the time, people are not trained about how to respond in emergency situations or whenever such training takes place, it is not taken seriously by people) .
But we are very very lucky people. Just like we survive because terrorist don't feel like striking too often (yeah, if empty ship can reach to our shore without any problem after sailing for more than a month, why not terrorist), similarly we are lucky that fire mishap doesn't happen too often. Otherwise, in both cases, we are sitting duck.
But most of the people do not understand its ramification. Suppose person stays on 3rd or 4th floor and fire catches up at 1st floor. That person will come to know, only when smoke will start entering into his house. That means by this time, whole staircase, lobby everything is already filled up with smoke. Obviously lift cannot be used. While trying to go down to escape smoke, through only staircase which is, almost all the time, internal and filled with thick smoke, within seconds (and much earlier than you expect) person will fall unconscious even before reaching to 1st floor. And if he doesn't get immediate help, within next few minutes, he will be dead, even without actually getting burn from fire.
If this is a case with some one staying on just 3rd or 4th floor, just imagine, what is chance of survival for people staying on higher floors? And we have building with 15,20, 25, 30 floors with same danger present all the time (and add to that, most of the time, people are not trained about how to respond in emergency situations or whenever such training takes place, it is not taken seriously by people) .
But we are very very lucky people. Just like we survive because terrorist don't feel like striking too often (yeah, if empty ship can reach to our shore without any problem after sailing for more than a month, why not terrorist), similarly we are lucky that fire mishap doesn't happen too often. Otherwise, in both cases, we are sitting duck.
Three Cheers for Our Luck !!!
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