Noida: TheUP assemblyis likely to pass alegislationto make lifts safer for users in the winter session that starts from November 28. The legislation will includemandatory maintenanceofelevatorsevery year, their registration and penal action against agencies concerned in cases of negligence.On Saturday, Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh told TOI he discussed the issue with chief minister Yogi Adityanath, additional chief secretary Mahesh Gupta and also power minister AK Sharma and was told that the draft of UP Lifts and Elevators Bill will be discussed and passed by the state assembly in the winter session.“The regulation and maintenance of lifts and escalators has significant implications on public safety and welfare… (In the) absence of lift and escalator Act, lift installation companies and people associated with (the functioning of elevators) are negligent. As a result, many people have died in lift accidents at many places in Noida and (the) NCR region,” Singh said in a recent letter to the chief minister.With a spurt in multistorey buildings in Noida and Ghaziabad over the past few years, the use of lifts had grown exponentially but there was no law to regulate them, leading to poor maintenance and frequent accidents.At least nine people died in two separate incidents of lift falls in GB Nagar in August and September this year.On September 15, a service lift carrying nine workers to the upper storeys of an under-construction tower at Amrapali Dream Valley Phase 2 in the Techzone 4 project site collapsed to the ground from the 14th floor. While four workers died before they could be taken to the hospital, five others succumbed to their injuries during treatment.Earlier in August, a 73-year-old woman died as the lift in her building had a free-fall from the eighth floor to the second floor due to a cable snap at Paras Tierea society. The legislator said these incidents underscore the urgent need for comprehensive regulations governing the maintenance, inspection, and safe operation of lifts.Once cleared by the House, the legislation will regulate various aspects of the installation and maintenance of lifts, including mandatory annual maintenance of elevators, registration of lift manufacturers, specifications for installation etc. There is also talk of a third-party insurance of lift users, to compensate a user in case of death or injury due to a lift accident.We also published the following articles recently
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