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Main offices will have water pipelines in every section of the structure with sprinklers attached to them. The unfortunate Mantralaya fire has eventually succeeded in pushing the Pune

Municipal Corporation (PMC) to install modern firefighting system at its main building, with work for the same taking off recently. However, once the system starts working even a slight

smoke emanating anywhere in the building will be detected and activate the sprinklers within a few seconds automatically. To implement the new system, work of installing six-inch hose pipe

from the porch of the main building to the terrace has been going on. A network of such hose lines will be fixed in each part of the building. Moreover, a three-inch pipeline connected to

the six-inch pipeline will be set up in each department on each floor to provide water in firefighting emergencies from inside the building. Executive engineer (estate department), Sandip

Khandwe said, “The total cost of the project is Rs2.17 crore. It will give the entire building fire safety in case of any fire incidents, be it major or minor.” Construction work of a water

tank having the capacity of one lakh litres is being carried out near the parking area and a six-inch pipeline will be connected to pump water up during firefighting. Khandwe said, “A

50,000-litre capacity overhead water tank will also be connected to the main six-inch pipeline to have water 24x7 in the pipeline.” Also, a one-inch pipeline will be fixed in each office,

room and chamber in the main building and sprinklers will be attached to them to douse the fire from inside any room. “Around 1,500 sprinklers will be attached to the one-inch pipeline and

smoke detectors will also be installed. So, in case of a fire, the sprinkler system will run automatically,” Khandwe said. To make it easy to douse the fire from outside the building,

another six-inch underground pipeline will laid down in the periphery of the PMC building and water hydrants will be fixed. Besides this, employees working in the main building will undergo

training of how to handle or use the wall mounted fire extinguishers as well.