India, Jan. 3 -- Out of the 2,249 high-rise buildings inspected in the city, as many as 861 are operating with expired fire no-objection certificates (NOCs), as per the annual inspectionby the Gurugram fire department for 2025. Notices of defunct fire safety equipment have been issued against these buildings.

The fire department did not share locations of these high-rises when asked by HT.

Officials explained that fire NOCs are considered expired when fire safety systems at the premises go defunct, meaning several critical safety components are no longer certified as functional or compliant. Key equipment includes fire extinguishers, fire alarms and smoke detectors to alert occupants, automatic sprinkler systems to control fire spread, ...