Lucknow, 01 November: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed the officers to reorganise civil defence units. He instructed to form a unit of civil defence in every urban bodies of the state.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday held a review meeting with the Fire, Civil Defence and Prison Departments and issued the necessary guidelines. He said that the Civil Defense Department has played an important role in maintaining peace, harmony and security in society. At present, Civil Defence units are formed in 27 districts of the state. Keeping in view the importance and utility of Civil Defence, it is necessary to extend it to all 75 districts.
Civil Defence units should be reconstituted in all the urban bodies of the state. In this way more than 750 civil defence units will be functional in the state, the CM said adding that necessary action in this regard should be completed as soon as possible in coordination with the Home Department.
CM Yogi said that the state cabinet has recently approved its new prison manual. This will be a significant effort towards prison reforms. We have to make concerted efforts to establish prisons as better centres of reform. “Open Prison” and “High Security Prison” can be useful in this regard, he said adding that space should be identified and a proposal should be made for the same.
Yogi said, ?We all have experienced the utility of the Fire department in case of fire. The Fire department personnels’ spirit to serve is inspiring. Keeping in view the need of the future, there is a need to establish the Fire department as a ?disaster management and emergency service.? The State Model Fire and Emergency Bill should be prepared on the lines of the Central Government’s Model Bill on Maintenance of Fire and Emergency Service, 2019.
In multi-storey buildings, there should be adequate fire safety arrangements in every case, he said.
