With the Commonwealth Games just around the corner, the Delhi Fire Services will be launching special drives to check fire fighting measures in city hotels.
According to officials, inspectors of the department would visit each hotel in the city to ensure that they stick to guidelines to control and avoid fire incidents.
The department will also be visiting hotels in and around New Delhi railway station area.
The drive focuses to ensure that the hotels have all the necessary equipments to douse fire, alternative escape routes, water storage tanks, working pumps and other devices that will deal with such emergencies.
The Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in the Indian capital between October 3-14.
Hotels and their associations in the city have welcomed the move by the Fire department.
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