India, June 12 -- For years, Delhi's political class has treated 33 Sham Nath Marg as a jinxed address - a government bungalow so steeped in tales of misfortune that ministers and senior functionaries largely stayed away from it. Now, the Delhi government is preparing to wipe the slate clean by demolishing the colonial-era structure and replacing it with the capital's first dedicated Disaster Management headquarters.

The site is set to be redeveloped into the city's first dedicated headquarters for the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), complete with a modern Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), as reported by HT earlier. The move is expected to give a new purpose to a prime land parcel that has remained largely underutilised for ...