India, Nov. 14 -- New Delhi

The Delhi government has written to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), seeking its help to find eligible third-party fire auditors, amid tepid response to introduce third-party fire safety audits of buildings across the Capital, officials aware of the matter said on Friday.

The government invited applications in July to register private agencies and qualified professionals as authorised fire safety auditors. However, nearly three months later, it has failed to attract agencies for the assignment.

"The home department has written to the MCD, seeking details of agencies empanelled with it that could undertake the audits. The communication was sent earlier this week," an official aware of the matter told...