Additional housing commissioner and secretary Mr Rudra Pratap Singh said the Housing Board was keen to adopt the latest safety norms recommended by the National Building Code 2005 of BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) to protect its buildings from natural calamities like earthquakes, cyclones, landslides etc. The code also makes provision for structural safety against man-made disasters like fire, electricity, etc. Housing Board is planning to conduct an extensive training programme for its engineers on National Building Code (NBC) soon so that they may use these norms in their building plans.

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