Portion of Delhi landfill collapses, no casualty reported
Sources in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation told IANS that rescue teams have reached the spot and relief operation is being carried out.
Sources in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation told IANS that rescue teams have reached the spot and relief operation is being carried out.
Aam Aadmi Party's Leader of Opposition Vikas Goyal had also given a notice to the Mayor for holding a discussion a day before the House meeting.
Taking account of the situation, North Delhi Municipal Corporation(North MCD) has requested the Delhi government to direct its forest department to ensure a steady supply of the woods to the crematoriums.
NrMCD's leader of opposition Vikas Goyal claimed that despite the increase in house tax collection by Rs 100 crore, the BJP-ruled civic corporation is not giving salaries to the employees.
The high court on Thursday initiated the PIL based on news reports that doctors of Kasturba Gandhi Hospital have threatened to resign as they have not been paid salaries since March this year.
A senior NDMC official suggested that a short-circuit could have caused the fire, adding that as per the records, the building had faced "intermittent partial demolition" or other civic action under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act from mid-June 1993 to January 1994, for unauthorised constructions.
A Delhi Fire Service official said the fifth floor was shaded with an acrylic roof and was being used as a terrace restaurant by the hotel management.
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