India, Jan. 20 -- Ten months after chief minister Rekha Gupta announced a budget allocation of Rs.110 crore for construction of the new building of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) headquarters in Connaught Place, the project remains stalled as the staff are unable to move out of the existing building, which is declared dangerous by the Public Works Department (PWD).

A senior DFS official, on the condition of anonymity, said that they have finalised Shankar Road fire station as their temporary office during construction but relocation has not been possible because the premises are yet to be vacated.

"The Delhi government's Pay and Account Office (PAO) is running on two floors at the fire station. The department has written to them multiple...