The state government is yet to finalise guidelines for lift safety even as the Industries, Energy and Labour Department submitted the draft eight months ago. In the past two months, two people have lost their lives in lift accidents. An official from the Chief Electrical Inspector’s office said, “After the Law and Judiciary Department approves the draft, suggestions and objections will be invited.”

We submitted a draft of the guidelines to the Law and Judiciary Department of the state government in March this year. We prepared the revised guidelines after studying the details of the elevator accidents that happened in the past few years,” said the official from the Chief Electrical Inspector’s office. When contacted, Law and Judiciary Department Principal Secretary Neeraj Dhote said, “I can’t speak on the matter.”