Panchkula, Aug. 20 -- The newly constructed Mother and Child Health Care Hospital building at Civil Hospital, Panchkula, is still awaiting a fire safety No-Objection Certificate (NOC), with key objections raised by the fire department yet to be addressed. The issue came up during a resumed hearing before the Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) on Tuesday, in response to a complaint highlighting infrastructural and service gaps at the facility.

The complaint was filed earlier this year by S.K. Nayar, president of the Citizens' Welfare Association, who flagged the hospital's lack of basic amenities, poor cleanliness, and incomplete infrastructure.

According to the hospital's reply to the commission, one major hurdle to the fire NOC-pen...