This document has been developed under the project on Building Codes sponsored by Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority, Gandhinagar at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
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The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily of the GSDMA, the World Bank, IIT Kanpur, or the Bureau of Indian Standards.
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The Commentary is based on the Final Document of Part 4 Fire and Life Safety, which is under print. Suggestions of the authors for certain modifications in the Code have been forwarded to BIS separately
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