UP Assembly gives nod to lift and escalator Bill
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Saturday gave its nod to the Uttar Pradesh Lift and Escalator Bill, 2024 and Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2024.
With the Bill in place, now it will be mandatory to obtain registration for installation of lifts and escalators.
Meanwhile, the second Bill was also passed under which a provision has been made to reduce the tenure of the Lokayukta and the Up-Lokayukta from eight years to five years.
Expressing his views on the lift and escalator Bill, Energy Minister Arvind Kumar Sharma said that after an incident in Noida, MLAs Dhirendra Singh and Pankaj Singh had demanded that a law be made for lifts and escalators.
He added that a provision has been made in the Bill that registration will be mandatory for installing lifts and escalators in public. A provision has also been made for immediate information in case of an accident and for insurance and compensation.
Once the Bill becomes a law, lifts and escalators cannot be installed without obtaining the approval of the Energy Department. It will be mandatory for the agencies that manufacture and install lifts and escalators and the agencies that maintain them to register with the Directorate of Electrical Safety.
It will have to be renewed every five years. It will also have to be tested every year and a fee of Rs 1,500 needs to be deposited for this.
A fine will be imposed on the owner or the institution concerned if they fail to get the repairs done and ignore the standards.
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