Section 125 in Kolkata Municipal Corporation Building Rules, 2009
125. Arrangements of exits.
(1)Exits shall be so located that the travel distance shall not exceed -(a)22.5 m., in the case of a residential building or an educational building or an institutional building,(b)30 m., in the case of an assembly building or a business building or a mercantile building or an industrial building or a storage building.(2)For floors with sprinklers which are not part of the requirements for that floor and occupancy, the travel distance in sub-rule (1) may be increased by 50 per cent, of the distance preserved in clause (a) and (b) of sub- rule (1) of this rule.(3)The travel distance to an exit from the dead end of a corridor shall not exceed half the distance specified in subrule (1), except in an educational building or an assembly building or an institutional building in which case it shall not exceed 6 m.(4)Whenever more than one exit is required for any room space or floor of a non residential building, exits shall be placed as remote from each other as possible and shall be arranged to provide direct access in separate directions from any point in the area served.
