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"All EEs (Maintenance) are directed to carry out a fresh house-to-house survey to identify dangerous buildings falling in their jurisdiction areas," an order issued by the NDMC said. The Delhi government and the area's mayor have ordered separate inquiries into the incident.Ashok Vihar falls in the Keshav Puram Zone of the NDMC. NEW DELHI: NDMC authorities on Thursday directed officials to carry out a fresh survey of houses to identify dangerous properties, a day after a five-storeyed building collapsed in north-west Delhi's Sawan Park area, killing seven persons.According to the last survey conducted by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), 181 buildings were found dangerous as on September 21.On account of rain and collapse of one building at Sawan Park, the authorities said, the survey will seek to find other dangerous houses in the NDMC area. "When a house is surveyed, the owners or residents are either advised to get it repaired if doable or vacate the premises and demolish it, in case it is very dangerous, and rebuild it," a senior civic official said. "The exercise must be completed within one week's time and the required action should be taken as per the provisions of the DMC Act for the identified dangerous properties," it said.Any "laxity or mis-reporting" in this regard shall be viewed very seriously and the staff shall be held responsible personally, the order said.Four children were among the seven dead in the collapse of the five-storey "weak" building in Ashok Vihar..