Round 200 stores have been broken in an enormous hearth at Bhagirath Palace in Chandni Chowk as fire-fighters toiled to douse the blaze for the 3rd consecutive day on Saturday, officers stated.

Fourteen hearth tenders are on the spot seeking to convey the blaze underneath keep an eye on, they stated.

Many of the round 200 stores gutted in hearth within the wholesale marketplace handled digital home equipment, a senior police officer stated, including a case underneath IPC sections 285 (negligent behavior with recognize to fireside or flamable topic) and 336 (act endangering lifestyles or private protection of others) has been registered in opposition to unknown other people.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena visited the Bhagirath Palace marketplace on Saturday.

“With placing wires, overloaded circuits, previous constructions, water scarcity and slender lanes, such spaces are dangerously susceptible to blazes,” the LG tweeted.

He stated a multi-disciplinary committee have been constituted to appear into tactics to successfully deal with those problems with the lively involvement of citizens and different stakeholders in spaces like Chandni Chowk, Sadar Bazar, Pahar Ganj and others.

A document has been sought inside of 30 days, Saxena stated.

The fireplace at Bhagirath Palace was once reported at 9.19 pm on Thursday.

“The fireplace was once introduced underneath keep an eye on on Friday morning and the cooling procedure was once underway. However, it once more became huge via the night time,” a police officer stated.

Investors claimed that they suffered losses of over Rs 400 crore.

In keeping with officers, the slender lanes and congested space posed a big problem for them whilst dousing the hearth. Additionally, there was once a scarcity of water and the constructions have been susceptible, they stated.

5 constructions have been suffering from the blaze and 3 of them have collapsed, officers stated, including no lack of lifestyles or accidents has been reported up to now.

In keeping with the hearth division, because of a loss of water provide, a remote-controlled system utilized in firefighting operations proved to be much less efficient.

“The slender bylanes of congested Chandni Chowk made it tough for the hearth tenders to go into the spot. At some puts, firefighters have been compelled to wreck the limitations that have been submit for beautification of Chandni Chowk,” stated Atul Garg, the director of Delhi Hearth Provider.

Every other problem was once that the hearth tenders needed to be parked at the roadside as they may no longer acquire get entry to into the slender lanes of the blaze-affected spot, he stated.

Whilst investors suspect short-circuit to be the explanation at the back of the hearth, officers stated the reason for the blaze isn’t but identified.

In a observation, Confederation of All India Investors (CAIT) secretary basic Praveen Khandelwal criticised Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia for no longer visiting the spot.

“December 4 is a dangerous date now for Kejriwal and his celebration. Gross forget of investors at their laborious occasions isn’t appropriate in any respect,” Khandelwal stated.

Vote casting for the Municipal Company of Delhi shall be hung on December 4 and the counting is on December 7.

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