LUCKNOW, May 22 -- After a gap of nearly three years, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) will soon issue fresh notices to around 27 hotels located in the heart of the city owing to glaring negligence in fire safety compliance.

The move comes after a fire incident at Mohan Hotel in Charbagh on Sunday night. Most of these hotels continue to operate openly, despite having no valid fire no objection certificates (NOCs).

An HT report published on May 21 (Only 93 city hotels fire-safe, rest ticking bombs) revealed that only 93 out of 2,600 hotels, guest houses, and restaurants operating in the state capital have a valid fire no-objection certificate (NOC), as per the Uttar Pradesh Fire Department.

These 27 hotels, which will get fresh n...