India, Sept. 12 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) demolished 67 properties and sealed nine others over two days as part of its ongoing crackdown on unauthorised construction following the Satya Niketan tragedy.

The civic body stepped up action on September 11 and 12, sealing the properties and taking other enforcement measures. It also issued show-cause notices to 35 properties and demolition orders for four properties over the past couple of days.

The action against property misuse and dangerous structures comes amid an intensified safety assessment drive after a five-storey building that housed a PG collapsed in Delhi's Satya Niketan area, killing at least seven people, most of them students.

HT had reported earlier this we...