India, July 17 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has written to Delhi Police seeking "urgent evacuation" of all 336 flats in Signature View Apartments in north Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar, citing a Delhi High Court order and the buildings' unsafe condition during the monsoon.

The high court in January this year upheld MCD's classification of the towers as dangerous based on a 2022 IIT Delhi report and ordered their demolition and reconstruction. In a letter to the deputy commissioner of police (North West), the civic body has urged immediate action.

"This is to draw your kind attention to a critical matter regarding immediate vacation of Signature View Apartments. The HC has upheld the MCD declaration that the buildings are danger...