India, June 6 -- Two days after a devastating hotel fire in Delhi's Malviya Nagar claimed 21 lives and exposed alleged violations of fire safety and building regulations, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) launched a citywide fire safety inspection drive.

The civic body, along with the Mumbai Fire Brigade, will conduct a special inspection drive between June 6 and June 20 to check fire safety compliance across malls, star-rated hotels, lodging and boarding establishments, banquet halls, party venues, rooftop restaurants, pubs, nightclubs, bars, gymkhanas and other public eating houses.

The civic body has also initiated action against five eating houses, Walkman Bar, Bora Bora, China Gate, Caravan Serai and Hometown, in Andheri...