'Killing Patients With Fire': Supreme Court Raps Gujarat On Safety Rules

A Gujarat order on July 8 had said no action would be taken against buildings without "Building Use Permission" till March next year.

Gujarat government's move to ease hospital building safety rules amid Covid was sharply criticized today by the Supreme Court, which put the order on hold and said: "To save lives in the pandemic we are killing people with fire." A Gujarat order on July 8 had said no action would be taken against buildings without "Building Use Permission" till March next year. The Gujarat government had clarified that this notification didn't mean that rules for fire safety clearance had been relaxed. "The Gujarat government notification goes against public health and safety. In the effort to save people in pandemic we are killing people by fire," the Supreme Court said.