The dance bars in the city that were given approval recently by the Excise Department to reopen would have to wait for some more time.
The reason behind it is the fire safety approval granted to them is having several discrepancies and is in contravention of the fire safety rules.
“The Fire Safety NOC given to the dance bars in the capital is flawed as the officers who had issued them are not the competent authority to do so. The dance bars have to reapply for the necessary approval,” DG (Fire Services) BK Sharma said. It may be recalled here that as many as seven dance bars in the capital city had got approval to resume dance shows, with certain conditions like installing CCTV cameras and not to engage women, who are below 21 years, in musical or dance programmes.