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Families of Uphaar fire victims urge for stricter laws
Updated On: 13 June, 2012 12:24 PM IST | | Agencies
15 years on, families of victims, who perished in the Uphaar fire, urge the government to implement stricter laws.
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Family members of victims of Uphaar fire tragedy today held a prayer meet in the memory of 59 persons who died in the theatre 15 years ago and urged the government to bring in a legislation to deal with such man-made disasters.u00a0
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Association of Victims of the Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT), which is fighting legal battles, said nothing concrete has happened in the last three years after the government proposed to bring a law for prevention of such tragedies in public places.u00a0
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Images from the prayer meeting held in memory of Uphaar fire victims (Pics - Rajeev Tyagi)
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