The Civil Defence Department (CDD) has decided to install fire hydrants on the water pipelines and guide the traders of the Shah Alam and Azam Cloth markets about preventing losses caused by the fires.
This decision was made in light of the massive fire in Hafeez Centre, Lahore, back in October.
A committee comprising the Civil Defence Chief Instructor, Shahbaz Rashid, and an instructor will assess the fire fighting facilities in both the markets.
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The committee will conduct a detailed review of the markets, examine the water pipelines, and identify appropriate sites for the installation of hydrants over the next two weeks. It will also prepare a report about the required number of hydrants and their installation costs.
The Director Civil Defence Punjab, Altaf Baloch, will meet with the Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA)Â Director General (DG), Kamran Lashari, and the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Managing Director (MD), Syed Zahid Aziz, for discussions and assistance with the project.
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Shah Alam Market and Azam Cloth Market are Pakistan’s largest wholesale markets with over 32,000 shops and around 40,000 warehouses. The CDD has developed a plan to extinguish fires in the vicinity using new methods to protect the wares from catching fire.
