New Delhi: API in a hotel in sector 8, Dwarka on Sunday morning can be avoided if the authority of the citizenship and law enforcement agencies has noticed complaints of resident welfare associations, which is believed to have warned Delhi development authorities.
Officials and police for illegally operated establishments.
The last letter in this case was written by B Block Rwa on August 14, the day before the fire claims two lives.
While Oyo Hotel seems to run without a health trading license, the fire department said on Monday also did not have a fire permit.
Ruing that many apartment buildings have been converted into small hotels, guesthouses, Atul Garg, Director, Delhi Fire Service, told Tii, “in most facilities such as electric meter boards located close to stairs which are also often the only access point.
In the case of fire that spread before people realized it, as happened in the Dwarka Hotel, people lost their lives because they were trapped on the stairs.
“The hotel began operating about six months ago, notifying BS Tripathi, Secretary, Rwa, Sector-8 B-Block , and Rwa has asked local officials to check whether the use of housing properties as the guesthouse is valid.
“But we don’t receive a response,” Tripathi said.
“There are more properties in the area run as a small hotel.
In many cases, the board signifies it because it has not been included.” On August 14, Rwa wrote to the local Station house officers complained “Illegality of activities in the residential area” from the hotel.
The letter was supported by the application about the problem of the locals.
RWA’s letter said (Sic), “This unknown suspicion can be a source of a big problem …
you are asked to take the necessary actions to stop the above activities in the area for population improvement.” Police officers claimed to have removed Kalandra, a kind of notice of legality violations, to facilities.
“We are conducting an investigation and also investigating if the hotel has a fake fire permit,” said an officer.
“We are now cracking down on the internet and hotels in Dwarka along with civil authorities.” In 2019, the fire at the Arpit Hotel in Karol Bagh caused 17 deaths, but the norms were tightened after the tragedy gradually relaxed.
API Dwarka, 30 months later, has occurred in the same circumstances.
Zone officials Najafgarh South Delhi Municipal Corporation stated that the notification of the causes of the show was issued on August 14 to the hotel because it did not have a health trade license.
The question is now asked why it was allowed to operate without a license.
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While a spokesman for the Civic body did not respond to TI query, other officials claimed that the investigation had been ordered.
After Fire Hotel Arpit, the fire department made a change to require all hotels to have routes escape with flammable materials such as carpets, wooden equipment, and flammable materials and the installation of fire doors and high-sensitivity carbon monoxide detectors in each room and floor.
Hotel Dwarka doesn’t have this.
“We were very cheating Cerbers by fire incidents on the property operated as hotels listed on our platform,” said a spokesman Oyo.
“The hotel on our platform is run directly and managed by the operator or owner, but we insist that they always follow the law protocol while examining each guest including verifying the evidence of their identity.” The spokesman added, “according to our preliminary examination, the deceased has not booked hotels through our platform.
We expand all possible cooperation in regulatory investigations.
Safety is always our top priority.
The property concerned is closed and sealed until further notice.”