Will the clearance certificates extinguish fire, an anguished bench of the Delhi High Court on Monday asked the owners of the Hauz Khas village eateries here allegedly running in violation of building bye-laws and the master plan. "Don't you (owners of the Hauz Khas village eateries) have any responsibility towards the city you live in and its citizens. Is it not your responsibility to ensure safety of the people," the bench asked.It also asked the eateries who had permitted them to run commercial activities in rural area like Hauz Khas. The court made the oral observation when an owner of Hauz Khas village eatery approached it for urgent listing of a petition against the south Delhi municipal corporation order to shut down the restaurant. Earlier, during the hearing of a plea, the court was toldthat not a single eatery in south Delhi's popular Hauz Khas Village appeared to have fire safety clearance.

Source: dna August 22, 2017 00:56 UTC