New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- After a fire at a nightclub in Goa claimed 25 lives, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Thursday announced that it will soon form a committee to inspect newly recognised private schools for adherence to fire safety norms.

A letter sent by Delhi mayor Raja Iqbal Singh to the MCD education department, and seen by HT, directs education committee chairman Yogesh Verma to "constitute a committee of councillors who may conduct an inspection of the schools to which recognition was granted by the education department to ascertain the fire safety, and a report be submitted to the mayor within a week".

Speaking to HT, Verma said the 95 MCD-affiliated private schools that were recognised this year will be inspected b...