Mangaluru : The District Home Guards organised Home Guards Day celebration on the occasion of All-India Home Guards Day at Merry Hill on Tuesday Dec 16.

District Chief Fire Officer H.S. Varadarajan said, only around 10 per cent of the high-rise buildings  in the city have complied with fire-safety norms, said Chief Fire Officer H.S. Varadarajan.

Mr. Varadarajan said in the last two years the Fire and Emergency Services officers had inspected nearly 600 high-rise buildings and issued notices about the required fire-safety measures. Only around 60 buildings had so far complied with the requirements.

The High Court of Karnataka had directed the State government to carry out fire audits of all high-rise buildings following the tragedy in Carlton Towers in Bengaluru in February 2010.

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