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MCD begins demolition, sealing drive

New Delhi, June 6 -- Facing criticism over alleged building norm violations, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Friday launched a sealing and demolition drive in the city's south zone, target... Read More


MCD begins demolition, sealing drive

New Delhi, June 6 -- Facing criticism over alleged building norm violations, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Friday launched a sealing and demolition drive in the city's south zone, target... Read More


MCD deregulated health permits for 67 food businesses in Delhi

India, June 6 -- Even as investigators examine how a "tea and snacks" licence was allegedly used to operate a full-fledged restaurant inside the Hauz Rani building where a fire killed 21 people, the M... Read More


Hours after deadly fire killed 21 in Delhi BnB, owner filed to renew expired licence

India, June 5 -- The devastating blaze in an illegal bed-and-breakfast in south Delhi's Hauz Rani that killed 21 people and injured 21 more began in the kitchen of the restaurant on the ground floor, ... Read More


Hours after deadly fire killed 21 in Delhi B&B, owner filed to renew expired licence

India, June 5 -- The devastating blaze in an illegal bed-and-breakfast in south Delhi's Hauz Rani that killed 21 people and injured 21 more began in the kitchen of the restaurant on the ground floor, ... Read More


Delhi did not learn lessons from 2019 hotel fire that killed 17 people

India, June 5 -- Six years before the Hauz Rani incident, a similar fire at Hotel Arpit Palace in Karol Bagh claimed the lives of 17 people, had then prompted authorities to introduce strict rules gov... Read More


Dodgy licences, unauthorised expansion among violations to surface after Delhi fire

India, June 4 -- The fire that killed at least 21 people at a Hauz Rani bed-and-breakfast on Wednesday has exposed a web of violations that investigators, officials and locals said appeared to have ef... Read More


No building plan, fire safetyNOC among raft of violations

New Delhi, June 4 -- The fire that killed at least 21 people at a Hauz Rani bed-and-breakfast on Wednesday has exposed a web of violations that investigators, officials and locals said appeared to hav... Read More


Delhi building that collapsed near Saket metro had two new floors added recently: MCD report

India, June 3 -- An official Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) report of the building collapse at Saidulajab which claimed six lives, released on Tuesday, stated that the building had been first co... Read More


Hauz Khas also joins growing list of areas reporting contaminated water

New Delhi, June 3 -- Hauz Khas in south Delhi has joined a growing list of areas affected by the ongoing water supply crisis in the Capital that have started reporting contaminated supply, with reside... Read More