3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (318+ words) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has suspended three Building Department engineers over alleged dereliction of duty and negligence in dealing with unauthorised construction. The suspension comes days after a paying guest accommodation collapsed in Delhi's Satya Niketan, killing seven people....

4+ day, 20+ min ago   (388+ words) Days after seven people were killed in the collapse of a paying guest accommodation in Delhi's Satya Niketan, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has inspected 1,355 buildings being used as paying guest accommodation across the city. Around 27,000 people are staying in…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (168+ words) The MCD has intensified its crackdown on illegal construction and dangerous buildings across Delhi, demolishing 34 properties and sealing 17 others across all 12 zones. The civic body has also issued 22 show-cause notices and passed four demolition orders. Meanwhile, the probe into the…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (76+ words) NDTV Delhi Hostel Collapse: Supreme Court Seeks Time-Bound Safety Checks Across India After the Satya Niketan boys' hostel collapse that killed seven people, the Supreme Court has called for time-bound safety inspections, with the scope extending beyond PGs and hostels....

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4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (541+ words) The Supreme Court can order action against illegal buildings in Delhi, but demolition alone cannot solve the city's long-running construction issue, former Solicitor General of India Harish Salve has said. The top court is set to hear the issue of…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (416+ words) On Sunday afternoon, Nitesh Chib had just finished lunch in his room at the HostelDaze PG when, within moments, the building came crashing down. Chib and his friend were trapped under the rubble for over an hour. Recounting the horror…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (262+ words) Following the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) directive, the Indore administration on Wednesday cleared government land worth an estimated Rs 100 crore on the banks of the Kanh river in the heart of the city from encroachments, officials said. Half a dozen…...

5+ day, 43+ min ago   (59+ words) NDTV Delhi Building Tragedies: Inquiries, Suspensions, But Where Is Accountability? The Satya Niketan building collapse has triggered a magisterial inquiry, five MCD officials have been suspended and five arrests have been made. But a larger question remains: what happened after…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (203+ words) After seven people were killed in the Satya Niketan PG building collapse, the Delhi government has launched a crackdown on allegedly illegal structures across the city. The Chief Minister has directed the MCD to conduct detailed surveys, scrutinise building records…...