Summary:
According to official documents, demolition action was first taken on a wall and portions of the ground floor in June 1993. Hotel Arpit Palace in Karol Bagh, where a fire killed 17 people, was a repeat offender in the record books of the municipal corporation, with action being taken against the hotel 16 times in eight months between 1993 and 1994. In the same month, demolition action was taken twice more for erecting illegal walls. While the corporation conducted demolition activities 11 times on the property, five times it was “booked” for construction violations. AdvertisingBooking a property means the violation has been noted in record books of the corporation for further action..