There are as many as 2,000 high-rise buildings in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad and residents getting stuck in lifts has become an everyday affair.
The residents of high-rise buildings in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad are demanding the introduction of an Act that will help the administration in ensuring the proper installation, operation and maintenance of lifts in the apartment complexes.
There are as many as 2,000 high-rise buildings in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad and residents getting stuck in lifts has become an everyday affair. To make matters worse, no one is ready to take the onus in case of an untoward incident.
Alok Kumar, the president of FedAoA of Ghaziabad, said, "The district magistrate of Ghaziabad said that the state government is going to make the guidelines for the lift Act and it will be formed within 90 days. There should also be a provision for a lift inspector."
"The tussle for a UP Lift Act has been going on since 2015 when there were a series of lift mishaps in high-rise apartment complexes. The absence of regulation leads to several other problems. It is often seen that a multi-storey tower with over 100 flats has only one working lift. The builders have neither completed proper installation nor have they maintained the lift-to-flat ratio. There is no law to hold them responsible," Kumar said.
In the absence of a lift Act, the developers install poor quality lifts which do not have automatic rescue device (ARD), no service lift for emergency and no monitoring by the local authorities.
Recently, a woman was injured when the lift suddenly fell from 14th floor to 7th floor in at the Gaur Saundaryam Society in Noida Extension.
"Those who are found responsible for lift mishaps should be jailed. Offenders could include builders, lift manufacturers, inspectors and maintenance professionals," said Amit Kumar, a resident of Prateek Wisteria in Sector-77 of Noida.
Rajesh Kumar, Officer on Special Duty at the Noida Authority said that it is the state government's job to form the Act and the authority's role is to ensure its proper implementation.
With city's population rapidly moving towards high rises, the requirement of a lift Act is on an all-time high in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh alone has around 3,000 projects registered on the website of the state's Real Estate Regulatory Authority.
According to reports, only 12 states in the country have a lift and elevator regulation Act.
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