Reason for fire

As the smoke subsides it is time to ponder over the reasons for fire to happen even in a world renowned luxury complex like villagio. Even a person with a fair understanding of the state of construction field in the country will vouch for the poor standards of workmanship and corruption prevailing in the construction industry dominated by unscrupulous and fly-by-the night contractors out there just to make a quick buck using cheap and inefficient labour from Asian countries. The truth is it is hard to get quality skilled labour for electrical works, plumbing and fire protection equipment installation even from asian countries nowadays, and the folks here actually get less than what their compatriots earn in their own countries. "Engineers" hired are often just fresh graduates with little or no experience who join just to learn the ropes and gets less than a driver's salary. And this tells on the work quality. Fortunately Qatar prescribes uncompromising international accepted standards for all construction aspects, but it is easy to overlook things in this period of frenzied construction boom. But as the foreign contractors are likely to have least commitment to the quality of their work rather than passing their bill, it is incumbent on the government to give this more attention to avoid such further mishaps.