Days after a blaze ripped through a nightclub in Goa, claiming at least 25 lives, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday announced that Delhi will soon permit a third-party audit for fire licence and also implement a single-window licensing regime for hotels and restaurants within the Capital.
Further, the government also directed the fire department on Wednesday to carry out an inspection of restaurants, hotels and clubs, with the officers asked to submit a compliance report of the order.
Elaborating on a third-party audit, Gupta explained that such an audit would be a key step towards ease of doing business for hoteliers and restaurant owners. She made the announcement at the inauguration of ‘Viksit Delhi, Viksit Tourism & Hospitality: Together Towards a Viksit Bharat’ summit.
Subsequently, steps and measures would be initiated to facilitate issuance of other licenses from MCD, DDA, and the Delhi government through a single-window system, which are required by the hotels and restaurants, she said.
The CM informed that the decision regarding the third-party audit for the fire license was taken at a review meeting with the fire department.
In her address at the summit, jointly organised by the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) and Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India (HRANI), Gupta said that during the meeting, it was also discovered that the previous governments had kept critical issues like the issuance of licenses pending.
She added that such pending cases are being attended to on priority by the present government.
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The CM chaired a review meeting on Tuesday, where she directed that establishments lacking fire safety equipment or violating standards would face appropriate action.
Gupta also advised hoteliers and restaurant owners to install mist fogging atop their properties, as it will help curtail pollution and lower water consumption in localities where hotels and restaurants are situated.
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