In January last year, 17 persons died in a similar mishap in an illegal unit manufacturing fire-crackers in west Delhi. As many as 57 people had died in a major fire that broke out in a chemical market complex in Lal Kuan area of old Delhi.
The worst tragedy had occurred in 1997 when 59 people watching a film in a cinema-hall died, and over 100 injured, in a fire in south Delhi. The cinema hall too lacked proper fire-fighting paraphernalia even as emergency exits were shut leaving no escape route for those caught in the fire.
Commercial buildings not complying with local rules and bye-laws, particularly license from the fire department, is quite rampant in the Indian capital. It is common knowledge that ruling political parties often turn a blind eye to such illegal buildings operating without proper licenses and permissions, fearing they might "lose votes" in future elections.
According to rough estimates, there are around 12,000 buildings in Delhi housing illegal industrial units, with most of them running out of residential areas. In 2003, the country's apex court, the Supreme Court of India had ordered shutting of all industrial units that had come up in non-conforming areas after August 1990. But even in 2019 the process of sealing such industrial units hasn't been completed.
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