India, June 24 -- Noida/Ghaziabad

Around 60 establishments, a majority of them coaching centres, were sealed in Noida and Ghaziabad on Tuesday for flouting fire safety norms, as authorities across Delhi-NCR started inspections a day after a massive blaze at a coaching institute in Purnia of Aliganj in Lucknow left 15 people dead.

Officials said that while two illegal coaching centres were shut in Noida, 56 establishments, ranging from play schools to dispensaries, were sealed in Ghaziabad for failing to comply with fire safety norms. Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) officials said the specific number will have to be compiled from across eight zones.

GDA officials said they have compiled a list of 206 such establishments that lack ...