Overview

• Minister Uday Samant ordered all malls in the state to complete fire safety audits under the 2006 Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act within 90 days.
• The government will cut electricity or water supply to any mall that fails to certify its firefighting systems as operational.
• Dream Mall in Bhandup remains shut after authorities found its fire suppression equipment inactive, and Link Square Mall is also closed pending compliance.
• Orchid Central Mall in Mumbai Central and Prime Mall in Vile Parle have reactivated their fire systems after passing recent verifications.
• Opposition leaders raised questions about past irregularities in issuing fire NOCs and have called for stricter oversight of municipal enforcement.