Dubai Municipality has ordered all shopping centres and other buildings to make escalators in their premises safer to prevent accidents involving children.
The circular listed new safety measures to protect children from accidents on escalators.
Redha Salman, director of Public Health and Safety Department at the municipality said building managements have to implement the new regulations in two weeks’ time, failing which they will be slapped with fines starting from Dh1000.
News Source: Dubai buildings told to improve escalator safety
