Lucknow: LDA screws on Hotel Levana, sent 4 notices in 4 months, did not reply

 The hotel owners were first given notice by the LDA on 7 May 2022. On behalf of the owners of Levana, an attempt was made to cover up the matter by giving NOC of fire to the LDA. This NOC of fire given to LDA was renewed from 2021 to 2024. No map of the hotel was submitted to the LDA.

After the fire at Hotel Livana Suites in Lucknow, the capital of UP, the government is being seen in action mode. Along with this, shocking things are also coming out in the investigation. Now it has been learned that a hotel has been built in Hazratganj in an area of ​​6400 square meters. Before its construction, the owners had given an affidavit in the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) saying that there would be residential construction on this plot. That is, no commercial use will be done. But the owners set up the hotel by giving an affidavit of residential use.

The hotel owners were first given notice by the LDA on 7 May 2022. On behalf of the owners of Levana, an attempt was made to cover up the matter by giving NOC of fire to the LDA. This NOC of fire given to LDA was renewed from 2021 to 2024. No map of the hotel was submitted to the LDA.

Suit filed for building a hotel without passing the map

According to the information, on 26 May 2022, the Zonal Officer of Zone-6 gave a second notice to the owners of the hotel due to non-submission of the map. On August 17, 2022, the Assistant Engineer of Zone-6 submitted his report to the VC of LDA. On August 18, 2022, on the report of the Assistant Engineer, the LDA had issued a third notice by registering a suit 537/2022 for building a hotel in 6400 square meters without passing the map.

Constant notice... neither the owner nor the document arrived

On August 28, the LDA issued a fourth notice to hoteliers to submit maps and documents related to other government departments and summoned them the next day on August 29. On August 29, neither did anyone reach LDA on behalf of the hotel owners nor any documents were submitted.

Now orders for sealing action

When the incident of fire in the hotel came to light on 5 September, the LDA in its case registered on 18 August issued an order to seal the hotel and write the sealing action on the hotel with red color and the LDA reported the compliance of the action. Asked for Sept.