Tapovan Hotels Safety Concerns: Narrow Roads and Lack of Fire Protection Measures

&NewLine;<p>September 20&comma; 2023 – Construction work is underway in the Tapovan area of the municipality&comma; disregarding standards and safety regulations&period; Multi-story hotels are being built without approved blueprints&period; Safety standards are being overlooked in these hotels&period; Access to the hotels for vehicles is obstructed due to narrow roads&period; Only two-wheeled vehicles can navigate through the congested streets&period; In the event of a fire breaking out in one of these hotels&comma; controlling the situation will be extremely challenging&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Tapovan&comma; being a tourist destination&comma; witnesses a daily influx of hundreds of domestic and international tourists&period; Currently&comma; there are more than five hundred hotels in Tapovan&comma; with continuous construction of new ones&period; Most of these hotels are owned by individuals from outside the region&comma; including Delhi&comma; Haryana&comma; Rajasthan&comma; and other states&period; Many people have rented these hotels and are operating them to earn higher profits&period; In their pursuit of maximizing profits&comma; hotel owners are neglecting safety standards&period; If an incident like the one in Mussoorie&comma; where a fire broke out in a hotel&comma; were to occur here&comma; there is no provision for fire trucks to enter the area&period; The internal roads and pathways here can only accommodate two-wheeled vehicles&period; Several of these hotels do not even have proper firefighting equipment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&NewLine;<p>To halt construction work that lacks approved blueprints in Tapovan&comma; hotel owners have been issued notices&period; The district development authority is making continuous efforts in this direction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<cite>Digvijay Tiwari&comma; Assistant Engineer&comma; District Development Authority&comma; Tehri<&sol;cite><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;

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