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Levana Hotel Fire: Allahabad HC summons VC of Lucknow Development Authority
Four people died and 10 were injured after a massive fire broke out at Hotel Levana in Lucknow on Monday. Read more on Dynamite News:
Lucknow: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday took a suo moto of the Levana hotel fire incident here on 5 September, and summoned Indramani Tripathi, the Vice Chairman of Lucknow Development Authority.
The double bench consisted of Justice Rakesh Srivastava and Justice Brajraj. The bench also asked Indramani Tripathi to submit the statement of all the buildings not having fire permits.
The Chief Fire Officer has been summoned as well, by the court to submit the statements of all the buildings which don't have proper fire extinguishing equipment and emergency exits.
The court has also ordered to register the case as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL). The next hearing of the case is scheduled on 22 September.
Four people died and 10 were injured after a massive fire broke out at Hotel Levana in Lucknow's Hazratganj area on Monday. Police suspected that the fire broke out because of a short circuit. (with ANI inputs)