Lok Sabha Question No. 2122 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-31
Subject: Installation of Lifts
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: KIRRON KHER, ANOOP MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION 2122

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 31, 2018

## INSTALLATION OF LIFTS

NO. 2122

SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER :

SHRI ANOOP MISHRA :

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of guidelines issued by the Government for installation of lifts in apartment buildings and other housing facilities;
- (b) whether the Government has imposed any mandate and/or penalty on building contractors for installing lifts without minimum power backup and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there are any guidelines for inhibiting underage children from  navigating  lifts  alone  at  housing  facilities  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  presence  of  an  operator  in  the  lift  to  assist  with emergency situations is mandatory and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) to (c):   Bureau  of  Indian  Standards  (BIS)  has  published  10  Indian Standards on Lifts. Details of the same are at Annexure.

Further, the National Building Code of India 2016 (NBC 2016) in its Part 8 Building Services: Section 5 Installation of Lifts, Escalators  and  Moving  Walks:  5A  Lifts,  mentions  about the following information to be included in the notice board which shall be placed conspicuously in the lift car:

'Children under 12 years of age shall not use the lift, unless accompanied by an adult.'

- (d): National  Building Code  of  India 2016:  Part 8 Building Services:  Section  5  Installation  of  Lifts,  Escalators  and Moving Walks: 5A Lifts' provides for the following:
- (i) "Automatic push button operation" and "Attendant & dual  control  operation"  as  the  2  major  controlling systems in the operation of lifts.
- (ii) In special cases [like in Stretcher Lifts of Hospitals, in Goods lifts and in Evacuation Lifts (for buildings above 200  m)],  the  presence  of  lift  operator/attendant  to enable  them  to  take  control  of  the  operation  of  lifts from the automatic mode.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.

2122 for answer on 31.07.2018 regarding 'Installation of Lifts'.

## List of Standards on Lifts published by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

- 1.
- IS  14665  (Part  1):  2000  Electric  Traction  Lifts  :  Part  1  Outline Dimensions.
2. IS 14665 (Part 2 / Sec 1 and 2): 2000 Electric Traction Lifts: Part 2 Code  of  Practice  for  Installation  Operation  and  Maintenance, Section 1 Passenger and Goods Lifts, Section 2 Service Lifts.
3. IS 14665 (Part 3 / Sec 1 and 2): 2000 Electric Traction Lifts: Part 3
- Safety  Rules,  Section  1  Passenger  and  Goods  Lifts,  Section  2 Service Lifts.
4. IS 14665 (Part 4 / Sec 1 to 9): 2001 Electric Traction Lifts : Part 4 components, Section 1 Lifts Buffers, Section 2 Lift Guide Rails and Guide  Shoes,  Section  3  Lift  Car  frame  Car  Counterweight  and Suspension, Section 4 Lift Safety Gears and Governors, Section 5 Lift  Retiring  Cam,  Section  6  Lift  Doors  and  Locking  Devices  and Contacts, Section 7 Lift Machines and Brakes, Section 8 Lift Wire
- Ropes, Section 9 Controller and Operating Devices for Lifts.
5. IS  14665  (Part  5):  1999  Electric  Traction  Lifts:  Part  5  Inspection
- Manual.
6. IS 14671: 1999 Code of practice for installation and maintenance of
- hydraulic lifts.
7. IS 15259: 2002 Installation and Maintenance of Home Lifts - Code of Practice.
8. IS 15330: 2003 Code of Practice for Installation and Maintenance of Lifts for Handicapped Persons.
9. IS 15785: 2007 Code of practice for Installation and maintenance of lift without conventional machine rooms.
10. SP 7: 2016 'National Building Code of India 2016: Part 8 Building Services:  Section  5  Installation  of  Lifts,  Escalators  and  Moving Walks: 5A Lifts'

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