India News | Raze Illegal Construction or We'll Bulldoze It: Lucknow Development Authority to Levana Suites
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has asked owners of city-based Levana Suites to get the hotel's illegal construction demolished by December 9, failing which the urban body said it will be forced to bulldoze the portion on its own.
Lucknow, Nov 14 (PTI) The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has asked owners of city-based Levana Suites to get the hotel's illegal construction demolished by December 9, failing which the urban body said it will be forced to bulldoze the portion on its own.
Four people died and several injured in a massive fire that broke out at the hotel in Hazratganj area here on September 5.
In its order, the authority said even after being given a chance to explain why the illegal structure was not demolished, there was no response from the hotel owners.
"You are given time till December 9 to demolish illegal construction and development work. Otherwise, the authority will itself resort to demolish it and realise the expenses from you (owners)," the order dated November 9 said.
On the day of the incident, a bulldozer was used to cut a wall to give way to the fire fighters, who then managed to rescue 20 people trapped inside the three-storied building.
The Lucknow police registered an FIR and arrested the owners of the hotel, Rohit Agarwal and Rahul Agarwal, along with manager Sagar Srivastava.
The LDA had said the hotel did not have an emergency exit and many rules were bypassed during its construction. The building was then sealed.
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