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Section 78: Arrangements of exits

The West Bengal Municipal (Building) Rules, 2007State Rules of West Bengal · 1993

(1) Exits shall be so located that the distance between two exits on the floor shall not exceed,—

(a) 22.5 metres, in the case of a residential building or an educational building or an institutional building or a hazardous building; and

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(b) 30 metres, in the case of an assembly building or a business building or a mercantile building or an industrial building or a storage building.

(2) For floors with sprinklers, which are not part of requirements for that floor and occupancy, the distance in subrule (1) may be increased by 50 per cent.

(3) The distance to an exit from the dead end of a corridor shall not exceed half the distance specified in sub-rule

(1), except in an educational building or an assembly building or an institutional building in which case it shall not exceed 6 metres.

(4) Whenever more than one exit is required for any room space or floor of a building, exits shall be placed as remote from each other as possible and shall be arranged to provide direct access in separate directions from any point in the area served.

Where this provision sits

ActThe West Bengal Municipal (Building) Rules, 2007
Section78
Marginal noteArrangements of exits
JurisdictionState of West Bengal
StatusIn force as published by the source

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