Hyderabad: State Government is ready to take stringent action against the building owners who violated the fire safety norms by amending the existing Fire Services Act 1999. The Fire department has decided to take legal and administrative action against such building managements. The officials said that the repeated violations of fire safety norms and tragic incidents are resulting from blocked emergency exits. The Telangana Fire department has already issued a strong public advisory to all building owners, facility managers, and the general public. Locking or obstructing these exits is a serious offense that endangers lives and violates fire safety regulations..To address the safety issues, the Fire Services Act would be amended soon by including strict norms, ‘mandatory self-declaration of fire safety compliance, declaration of buildings as unsafe, sealing of non-compliant buildings and Imposition of fines and penalties.