A meeting of the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) held here on Tuesday decided to shut down five institutions, including two hospitals and a private medical college, in Kozhikode.
The order was passed on the basis of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) for the failure of the institutions to adhere to fire safety norms. Previously, notices had been served on them and they had not bothered to set right the problems.
Besides the medical institutions, the other two are a tourist home and a trade centre. The DDA meeting also justified an earlier order banning the activities of sky tower and quarrying at Udimbarangimala at Viliyangad.