The Hindu Business Line : Burrabazar fire casts shadow on South City residential project

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The South City project at Prince Anwar Shah Road is the tallest housing project, and also one of the biggest in eastern India.
The four 35-storey buildings have a 1.2 million tonnes of water storage system dedicated exclusively to fire-fighting needs.

Manish Basu

Kolkata, Feb. 12 The recent fire at Burrabazar has cast its shadow on the South City residential project. Even though all basic infrastructure facilities are ready, the handing over of the keys to its residents is likely to get delayed because of the fire department’s pre-occupation with the Burrabazar blaze, according to the Project Director, South City, Mr Sushil Mohta.

He told Business Line that South City was awaiting the fire department’s permission before it could hand over the key to all residents of tower 1 and 2 by the end of March. The flats in tower 3 and 4, however, will be handed over by the end of the year, Mr Mohta said. Inspection by the Fire Department, which has been due for some time, will now take place on February 15. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation will then be in a position to issue a completion certificate.

The South City project at Prince Anwar Shah Road is the tallest housing project, and also one of the biggest in eastern India, which makes following fire safety stipulations even more important. The four 35-storey buildings have a 1.2 million tonnes of water storage system dedicated exclusively to fire-fighting needs. The installation of the pumping facility, heat and smoke detectors, ground-water handling mechanisms are all complete, Mr Mohta said.

The construction for the project began in early 2004. Most of the flats have been sold out, except for a few in tower 3 and 4. “We are selling 20 flats on an average each month,” Mr Mohta said. The project comprises 1,672 apartments all together.

As regards the traffic problem in the area, Mr Mohta said it was persisting because of the large number of illegal encroachments.

“A special effort on the part of the administration to clean up the footpaths vis-À-vis small traders will solve 80 per cent of the problem,” he added.

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