India, May 7 -- The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi government to respond on implementing a 10-year-old order to establish a trauma centre using Rs.60 crore paid by the Ansal brothers for their role in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy that killed 59 people.

A bench headed by justice Surya Kant passed the order on an application filed by the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT).

The application by AVUT said, "While about 10 years have elapsed since the stipulated fine amount was deposited (by the Ansal brothers) with the office of the chief secretary, government of NCT of Delhi on November 9, 2015, the trauma centre envisaged in this court's directions remain a nonstarter, with no discernable steps having been taken towards its ...