Dehradun, Feb 24 (PTI) 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.

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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.

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The process had begun on January 12 as the two hotels leant precariously towards each other posing a danger to the settlements around them.

The order for their demolition hit a roadblock initially as it was opposed by their owners who demanded a one-time settlement on the lines of those displaced in Badrinath, delaying the process by a couple of days.

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