The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) recently provided an update on its strict actions against non-compliant coaching institutes in Mukherjee Nagar. According to officials, these actions were carried out in response to an order from the Delhi High Court. On a single day (Tuesday), the MCD sealed the basement and mezzanine floors of approximately 20 coaching institutes. Fresh notices were also issued to around 80 institutes after considering their representations.

This recent crackdown follows a fire incident in mid-June at a coaching institute in Mukherjee Nagar, which resulted in injuries to 61 students. In August, the MCD had already sealed 14 centers in Mukherjee Nagar that were operating from basements without proper fire safety clearance. Similar notices had also been served to 90 institutes in the Shahdara south zone.

The High Court had directed on July 25 that all coaching centers must be closed down if they did not have a no-objection certificate from the fire services department. It was revealed in court that out of the 583 coaching centers, only 67 had obtained fire clearances.