The fire at Chandni Chowk’s Marwadi Katra has gutted 200 shops, leaving shopowners devastated and employees without a source of income; several such incidents have happened in the city over the past few weeks owing to greater pressure on power infrastructure.

The structure under the jurisdiction of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has received support from Agha Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) for its renovation.

The call about the fire was received at 5 am, prompting the deployment of 10 fire tenders. The blaze was brought under control within an hour.

The fire broke out in Chandni Chowk’s Old Katra Marwadi Market around 5 pm on Thursday. There were no casualties.

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Omaxe Chowk, a mall set to come up in September, is expected to give the 350-year-old Mughal market a facelift and attract new customers

Since the pandemic, traders of Chandni Chowk have been looking for good business, and things were slowly getting back on track. However, the market was disrupted yet again

According to DCP (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi, four to five buildings each housing 20 to 25 shops have been affected by the fire while three buildings collapsed during firefighting operations