Reported by MillenniumPost
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has received structural safety certificates from around 250 of the 2,457 paying guest (PG) accommodations surveyed across its 12 zones, with officials saying the compliance exercise is now gathering pace.
The civic body is planning to initially issue verbal reminders to PG owners who have not submitted the certificates, followed by notices for sealing their premises if they fail to comply, officials said on Monday. The exercise was initiated following the collapse of a PG accommodation in Satya Niketan in September, which claimed seven lives and left six others critically injured.
The Delhi High Court had subsequently directed the MCD to inspect PG accommodations under its jurisdiction and examine their structural safety and compliance with building norms. As part of the exercise, the civic body had surveyed 2,457 PG establishments and asked their owners to get fresh structural safety audits conducted through engineers empanelled with the MCD and submit the certificates.
Initially, the response was slow, but the process has started picking up pace. We have received certificates from around 250 establishments so far,” an official said. The official said the corporation would first reach out to establishments that had failed to submit the required documents and give them an opportunity to comply.
