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Dehradun: The district administration of Joshimath razed down two more unsafe hotels, namely Mount View and Malari Inn, on Friday. This was after a month of demolishing unsafe buildings in the area, PTI reported.
The process of their demolition has been completed, and removal of debris at the site has begun, District Information Officer Ravindra Negi said on Friday.
Mounds of rubble remain where the two popular hotels stood for years.
Carried out under the technical supervision of the Roorkee-based Central Building Research Institute, the demolition of the hotels, one floor at a time, cost more than ₹ 1 crore.
The process had begun on January 12 as the two hotels leaned precariously towards each other, posing a danger to the settlements around them.
The order for their demolition hit a roadblock initially as it was opposed by their owners, who demanded a one-time settlement on the lines of those displaced in Badrinath, delaying the process by a couple of days.