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Articles by Uday Vijayan

About Uday Vijayan
Uday Vijayan is the Founder & Managing Trustee of Beyond Carlton (www.beyondcarlton.org), a people’s initiative on fire safety
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Check your home’s fire safety, take part in the ‘iamfiresafe’ campaign

March 18, 2020 Uday Vijayan

Now that many Bengalureans are working from home, the citizen group Beyond Carlton has launched a campaign for residents to check the fire safety of their homes.

Health

“All government hospitals in Bengaluru should have a burns ward”: Beyond Carlton

February 24, 2020 Uday Vijayan

For a population of over one crore, Bengaluru has only two hospitals that have a specialised burns unit. On Saturday, Beyond Carlton collective appealed to the government to set up such units in government hospitals across the state.

Governance

Time to make fire safety an election issue in Bengaluru

February 13, 2018 Uday Vijayan

There are repeated fire accidents in the city and elsewhere. What are our political parties doing about it, what can they do?

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Beyond Carlton offers free counselling for fire accident victims and their families

February 8, 2017 Uday Vijayan

Fire accident victims have not too many people to guide them on how to come out of the trauma. Here’s some help.

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Have a fire-safe Deepavali while also enjoying yourself!

October 29, 2016 Uday Vijayan

Lamps, snacks and crackers in the company of family. A perfect way of celebrating Deepavali! A festival where moderation invariably flies out of the window, especially in the presence of all that food, and the

Governance

112 emergency line on the cards, but how can we ensure better public safety?

March 31, 2016 Uday Vijayan

112 – is the new number India is set to adopt as its common emergency call-in number. Any person is distress or in need of services of the police, fire department or ambulance, can soon

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Beyond Carlton launches India’s first fire safety community

April 1, 2015 Uday Vijayan

Beyond Carlton’s revamped website hopes to kindle the conversation between those citizens looking to address the topic of fire safety.

Governance

Dear MP candidates, what will you do to make Bangalore fire-safe?

April 1, 2014 Uday Vijayan

Bangalore has 440 high rise buildings in all, but the number of aerial ladders available is disproportional to this number. What can MPs do?

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