"Unsafe" Hotels Demolished In Joshimath

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.

Mount View and Malari Inn - two unsafe hotels in subsidence-hit Joshimath - have been razed more than a month after their demolition began.

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 Roorkee-based Central Building Research Institute, the demolition of the hotels, one floor at a time, cost more than Rs 1 crore.