Delhi to SC: 'Uphaar fine used for trauma units in 3 hospitals'

The Delhi government has told the Supreme Court that the Rs.60 crore penalty deposited by real estate barons Gopal and Sushil Ansal following the Uphaar cinema fire case has already been channeled into setting up trauma care facilities across three hospitals in the city, instead of a single centre in Dwarka as initially envisioned.

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI:

In an affidavit placed before the apex court, the government said the money was allocated to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Mangolpuri, Satyawadi Raja Harish Chander Hospital in Narela, and Siraspur Hospital. These locations, it argued, were chosen because of "urgent public requirement" in densely populated areas that lacked critical emergency infrastructure.