India, Nov. 2 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has received structural safety certificates from around 250 of the 2,457 paying guest (PG) accommodations surveyed across its 12 zones, with officials saying the compliance exercise is now gathering pace.

The civic body is planning to initially issue verbal reminders to PG owners who have not submitted the certificates, followed by notices for sealing their premises if they fail to comply, officials said on Monday.

The exercise was initiated following the collapse of a PG accommodation in Satya Niketan in September, which claimed seven lives and left six others critically injured. The Delhi High Court had subsequently directed the MCD to inspect PG accommodations under its jurisd...