On Rajkot Game zone fire case, Gujarat HC says 'we do not trust local system, state': Report

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killed 27 persons, including children. The game zone was operated without the fire NOC (no objection certificate), as per officials.The court reportedly pulled up the Rajkot Municipal Corporation on the Monday over the incident.

and asked whether it had turned a blind eye to such a big structure coming up in its vicinity, after the RMC's lawyer submitted that the TRP game zone had not asked for requisite permissions.During the hearing on Monday, a counsel said the fire incident at the gaming zone required immediate preventive and corrective measures, and the state government will have to come forward to hold a person accountable, and this calls for drastic steps.ALSO READ: Rajkot gaming zone fire: Seven officials including police inspectors, civic staff suspended for negligence | Top UpdatesThe court was then quoted by PTI as saying, "Who will take such drastic steps? Honestly speaking, we do not have faith in the state machinery now.""Four years after orders of this court, directing them, after their assurance, this is the sixth incident that has happened. They only want lives to be lost and then trigger the machinery," the court observed.Meanwhile, NDTV quoted the court as saying, "Have you gone blind? Did you fall asleep? Now we do not trust the local system and the state."ALSO READ: Rajkot, Delhi Fire News highlights: Baby Care Hospital's license expired on 31 March, says Delhi PoliceThe court further asked whether the civic body was blind to the fact that such a big structure had come under its jurisdiction."You were blind to that, that this big structure existed; you were not aware of it? What is the corporation's explanation that the whole zone existed for the last two-and-a-half years? What fire safety did they