By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana
Colombo, September 23 (Daily Mirror)- Safety of high-rise buildings in Colombo and its suburbs came to the limelight in Parliament today with an opposition MP asking whether local bodies have the firefighting capacity in an emergency situation.
“Cranes which could go as high as at least 50 floors are needed to fight a fire in an emergency. One wonders whether the Colombo Municipal Council or other local bodies have the capacity,” MP Rauff Hakeem said.
Government MP Akram Illias also questioned the genuineness of safety documents of high-rise buildings. He assured that laws would be introduced to ensure the safety of high-rise buildings.
