Civic authorities deployed bulldozers to remove road-encroaching structures in Malviya Nagar, South Delhi, on 5 June 2026 — one day after a hotel fire in the area claimed 21 lives. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
A bulldozer dismantled road-encroaching portions of a building in Malviya Nagar during a civic enforcement drive on 5 June 2026, the day after a hotel fire killed 21 people in the neighbourhood. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
One day after the Malviya Nagar hotel fire left 21 dead, MCD machinery moved in to demolish structures illegally encroaching on public roads in South Delhi on 5 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Officials sealed the gates of properties found in violation of building norms in Malviya Nagar, South Delhi, on 5 June 2026, as part of a civic enforcement drive triggered by a hotel fire that killed 21 people. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
MCD officials affixed official seals to gates of properties breaching building regulations in Malviya Nagar on 5 June 2026, a day after a hotel blaze in the locality killed 21 residents and guests. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
An official seal placed on a property gate in Malviya Nagar, South Delhi, on 5 June 2026 signals civic accountability following a hotel fire that claimed 21 lives in the area. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
An MCD official seals a property gate in Malviya Nagar, South Delhi, on 5 June 2026 — part of a wider enforcement drive against building-norm violations launched after a hotel fire killed 21 people the previous day. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
In the wake of a hotel fire that killed 21 people in Malviya Nagar, MCD officials launched a targeted enforcement drive on 5 June 2026, sealing properties found to be breaching building norms across South Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
The MCD enforcement drive in South Delhi widened on 5 June 2026, with officials sealing multiple properties in Malviya Nagar found to be violating building regulations — a response to the hotel fire that killed 21 people. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
With 21 lives lost in the Malviya Nagar hotel fire, Delhi's civic body MCD moved swiftly on 5 June 2026, sealing and demolishing structures that violated building norms in South Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
MCD bulldozers cleared sections of structures encroaching onto public roads in Malviya Nagar, South Delhi, on 5 June 2026, as authorities intensified action following a hotel fire that killed 21 people. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Structures illegally jutting onto public roads in Malviya Nagar, South Delhi, were demolished by MCD machinery on 5 June 2026, one day after a hotel blaze in the locality claimed 21 lives. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
The death toll from the Malviya Nagar hotel fire stood at 21 as of 5 June 2026, prompting MCD to deploy bulldozers against road-encroaching structures in South Delhi the very next day. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
A civic seal on a property gate in Malviya Nagar, South Delhi, photographed on 5 June 2026, reflects the MCD enforcement drive launched in direct response to the hotel fire that killed 21 people in the area. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)