Shimla, March 29 -- The Metropole building, the residential complex of MLAs and employees of Himachal Pradesh assembly in Shimla, has been declared unsafe.

This was stated by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in the assembly on Friday while urging the speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania not to allot accommodation to MLAs in Metropole.

Metropole building is among 66 unsafe buildings in Shimla that include Library building on Scandal point, Annadale view building --- HP Assembly speaker's residence at Chaura Maidan as well as police lines in Kaithu.

The 121-year-old building - Metropole building in the middle of Mall Road and Circular Road in Shimla and accommodation is provided to MLAs and staff of assembly have been provided accommodati...