Delhi's posh markets sitting on a tinderbox, but everyone dousing the fact

New Delhi which witnessed rapid and haphazard growth in terms of people coming to the city, as well as construction in the last 30 years, expanded keeping all the safety measures aside

On any weekend, going to that favourite Italian joint in one of the most sought-after addresses in New Delhi, Khan Market, involves the following: finding parking space for at least 20 minutes and then fitting the car in the tightest of the spots, taking a walk through a not-so-well lit back alley teeming with other patrons and finally climbing a steep staircase barely a feet and half in width. Now imagine if you have to make a hasty retreat in case of a fire and do the same thing in reverse, scary right.

Cut to Lajpat Nagar market, a commercial