After hostel collapse, Delhi finds safety gaps across PG accommodations
- Just 31 of 2,453 Delhi PG accommodations surveyed have fire clearance, according to Municipal Corporation of Delhi MCD data.
- Fewer than 30% have sanctioned building plans, and only 8 have structural stability certificates.
- The survey followed the 6 September Satya Niketan hostel collapse that killed seven people.
- Delhi HC ordered the inspection, while the state also drafts a separate law regulating PG accommodations.
Source: moneycontrol.com
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