CHENNAI: Following the fire at the eight-storey commercial building in T Nagar on Wednesday, smart city officials are mulling on regulations on building and fire safety. T Nagar is the launch site for the urban infrastructure development project, which till now dealt with city infrastructure. 

Though building safety was not included in the recently approved seven development projects worth '100 crore, T Nagar residents' welfare association have raised doubts over the successful implementation of smart city project without taking this crucial factor into consideration. In a letter addressed to smart city project CEO Raj Cherubal, they questioned how officials were planning on solving issues like encroachments, fire safety and unnecessary flyovers in the neighbourhood, and rued that residents were not consulted for the project. 

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