Delhi hotel fire: Punished for a guilty system

Key points

• A fire in a bed-and-breakfast took the lives of 21 people in South Delhi’s Malviya Nagar.
• Of these, 12 were foreign nationals, most in India for their families’ medical needs.
• The owner was allegedly misusing government permits and had no clearance from the fire department.
• Suruchi Kumari and Shrimansi Kaushik report on how, despite repeated announcements of government audits, on ground, compliance is a challenge