India, May 3 -- Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh on Saturday flagged inadequate firefighting infrastructure in Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad to the Uttar Pradesh government, seeking urgent and long-term measures.

During a meeting with chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday, Singh said there was a mismatch between the scale of vertical housing and firefighting infrastructure in these districts.

Referring to the recent fires in parts of Greater Noida West and Ghaziabad, Singh wrote in his letter to CM Yogi: "Thousands of families live in these high-rise buildings, which have limited firefighting resources. This is a serious concern." He added that "the existing firefighting arrangements are not able to respond adequately to upper floors, whi...