Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Heated discussions presided over CSMC’s general body meeting on Tuesday over extending the services of the acting Chief Fire Officer (CFO), who is reportedly only a class 10 pass.
A full-time CFO is needed instead of any 10th pass staffer holding the responsibility,” he said. Addressing the query, civic authorities said the acting CFO had joined a few decades ago as fireman and was promoted step by step during his service tenure before reaching to second top position and later given additional charge of the CFO. Authorities said he was given an extension in service after his retirement and asked to overlook different operations without any signing authority in policy matters. Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar municipal commissioner Amol Yedge told corporators that multiple requests have been made to state govt for deputing an official for the post of CFO. “During our latest meeting with CM Devendra Fadnavis , we again requested for necessary deputation,” he said. City mayor Sameer Rajurkar of BJP said CM has assured that necessary deputation on the post of CFO would be made soon.
Grilling the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation (CSMC) administration and ruling party politicians over not appointing a qualified and full-time CFO, BJP corporator Pramod Rathod and others asked whether authorities were waiting for a major disaster to happen. “A devastating fire at the govt hospital in Amravati that killed three newborn babies should serve as a wake-up call to all. Both residential areas and industrial areas are expanding rapidly in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.