Safety audit nationwide, new museum in Delhi soon.The National Museum of Natural History, with thousands of rare specimens of flora and fauna, including a 160-million-year-old fossil bone of the Indian Sauropod Dinosaur, was completely gutted in a major fire that broke out in the six-storeyed Ficci Building where it was housed in the Mandi House area in the heart of New Delhi in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Said Deepak Apte, director of the Bombay sugarcane juicer factory Suppliers Natural History Society: "It’s indeed a tragic accident. Around 1,000 visitors from across the country visited it daily," said museum director B Venugopal. We had to depend only on our resources.It took nearly 12 hours for 160 fire personnel and 60 fire tenders to bring the fire under control. Nothing has been left. The museum had many fossils and species.

As the fire spread to all six floors of the building, the fire operations were reportedly stopped for around 15 minutes to rescue those trapped in the building.5 acres has already been allotted in the area behind Purana Quila near Pragati Maidan. We will assess the loss and see how we can restore it and how the recovery plan can be made", the minister said. The conceptual work is in progress and a committee has been formed for this. She had wanted a museum to depict the country’s flora, fauna and mineral wealth to provide an out-of-school facility to educate children and to promote environmental awareness among the people.""No human intervention was involved in causing the fire that started from the seventh floor. In minutes, the fire spread to other floors. He also said there are plans to move to another area to create a new museum. "I saw smoke billowing out of the top floor.45 am.

It just highlights the value of taking utmost care of such a treasure trove.The devastation forced minister of state for environment Prakash Javadekar to order an immediate fire audit of all museums across India as it emerged that the fire-fighting system failed to work at the Delhi museum.While the impact of the fire is yet to be fully determined, officials likened the mishap to "losing a vital piece of history". Seven firemen were injured in the rescue operation and were rushed to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where two of them are said to be in a critical condition. Some firemen who first reached the spot got trapped inside the building, after which they sought help. He said: "Had the fire system been working, it would be easier to control the fire at the earliest. The museum opened in June 1978 on World Environment Day. However, we have completely doused the fire, but cooling operations are still on," said a fire the department official. I alerted the other guards inside the building," Mr Yadav told this newspaper. The new museum will come up in New Delhi, and the project غير مجاز مي باشدt is Rs 225 crores. "This is a real loss.Fire officials said the safety systems were "not functioning".. Deputy fire chief Rajesh Panwar said if the mechanism worked when his personnel tried to activate them, "the fire could have been curtailed soon"."The entire museum has been gutted. He said the fire department was immediately told and the first fire tender arrived at about 1.40 am."The idea of the museum was initiated by then PM Indira Gandhi in 1972 during the 25th anniversary of India’s Independence. Natural history collections are an invaluable piece of scientific knowledge.

A plot of around 6. Besides the 160-million-year-old fossil bone of a lizard-footed dinosaur called a Sauropod, it also had stuffed animals made by renowned Mysore-based taxidermist Van Ingen, specimens of tigers and leopards, preserved butterflies and pre-historic fossils, all of which have been gutted. Once the firemen were rescued, the rescue operations were resumed.Witnesses said the fire was spotted by security guard Jagat Yadav at around 1. The fire has reportedly destroyed most of the museum’s precious collections.