Phiroza Marker, owner and manager of the India Club, takes bookings on the telephone at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customer Ian Angell, 71, waits in the bar area alongside a Curry Club plaque for a lunch table to be made available at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customers eat lunch in the restaurant of the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customers eat lunch in the restaurant of the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Crates of Cobra and Kingfisher Indian beer are stacked high in the bar area of the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customers wait in the bar area for lunch tables to be made available at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customer Asit Patel, 51, waits in the bar area for a lunch table to be made available at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel.REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customers eat lunch in the restaurant of the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

A waiter clears the table after diners in the restaurant of the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customers wait in the corridors for a lunch table to be made available at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customers wait in the bar area for lunch tables to be made available at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customers wait in the bar area for lunch tables to be made available at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Passers-by walk past the doorway entrance to the India Club (above the shops) in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

A plaque displaying presidents of the Curry Club is displayed alongside a visitors book at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Passers-by walk past the doorway entrance to the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

A stack of receipts is pictured at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

A woman sits at a cafe next to the doorway entrance to the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

A customer photographs a painting of Mahatma Gandhi displayed at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Passers-by walk past the doorway entrance to the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Empty food dishes are cleared away in the restaurant of the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Indian food dishes are pictured in the restaurant of the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

An old-fashioned pin-board is displayed at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customer Ian Angell, 71, waits in the bar area for a lunch table to be made available at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

A customers waits in the corridors for a lunch table to be made available at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customers written condolences are pictured in a visitors book at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customers wait in the bar area for lunch tables to be made available at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customers eat lunch in the restaurant alongside a painting of Mahatma Gandhi at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

A customer drinks a beer alongside a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi while waiting in the bar area for a lunch table to be made available at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

A customers waits in the bar area for a lunch table to be made available at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Old-fashioned signage is displayed at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

Customers wait in the corridors alongside old-fashioned signage for a lunch table to be made available at the India Club in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. The iconic restaurant and bar, which as been running for over 70 years, is set to close at the end of this week as the owners of the building it is housed in want to demolish a part of the structure to set up a more modernised hotel. REUTERS/ Susannah Ireland 

View of Marilyn Monroe's Spanish Colonial-style former house as Los Angeles City Council voted to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe's former home, where she died of a drug overdose in 1962, a historic and cultural monument, blocking plans to demolish the property, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

View of Marilyn Monroe's Spanish Colonial-style former house as Los Angeles City Council voted to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe's former home, where she died of a drug overdose in 1962, a historic and cultural monument, blocking plans to demolish the property, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

View of Marilyn Monroe's Spanish Colonial-style former house as Los Angeles City Council voted to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe's former home, where she died of a drug overdose in 1962, a historic and cultural monument, blocking plans to demolish the property, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

View of Marilyn Monroe's Spanish Colonial-style former house as Los Angeles City Council voted to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe's former home, where she died of a drug overdose in 1962, a historic and cultural monument, blocking plans to demolish the property, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

View of Marilyn Monroe's Spanish Colonial-style former house as Los Angeles City Council voted to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe's former home, where she died of a drug overdose in 1962, a historic and cultural monument, blocking plans to demolish the property, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

View of the front entrance of Marilyn Monroe's former Spanish Colonial-style house as Los Angeles City Council voted to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe's former home, where she died of a drug overdose in 1962, a historic and cultural monument, blocking plans to demolish the property, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Scores of people in India's capital have seen their homes demolished over the last few months 

Israeli machinery guarded by Israeli forces demolish a Palestinian house in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma 

A Palestinian man gestures at Israeli border police officers as Israeli machinery guarded by Israeli forces demolish a Palestinian house in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma 

A Palestinian man gestures as an Israeli machinery guarded by Israeli forces demolishes a Palestinian house in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

People watch as Israeli machinery guarded by Israeli forces demolish a Palestinian house in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma 

Israeli machinery guarded by Israeli forces demolish a Palestinian house in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma 

Israeli machinery demolish a Palestinian house in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma 

An Israeli machinery demolishes a Palestinian house in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma 

Aarav, 4, Rahul Makwana's son, sleeps in the new home his family moved into at the Worli dairy quarters building in Mumbai, India, August 2, 2023. The crumbling structure, which houses more than 600 people, has been categorised by local authorities as grade 1 dilapidated building and could collapse during the city's heavy monsoon season. "I was the only one living on the 4th floor in this wing of the building,” said Makwana. "The government had asked me to move out because they plan to demolish the entire floor because the pillars of the building can’t take the weight anymore." REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas SEARCH "MASCARENHAS DILAPITATED BUILDINGS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A view of rubble that remains at the site of the historic Siraji Mosque that was demolished for the expansion for a road in Basra, Iraq July 16, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Aty 

A view of rubble that remains at the site of the historic Siraji Mosque that was demolished for the expansion for a road in Basra, Iraq July 16, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Aty 

A sign for the Harris County Flood Control District's buyout program stands in a neighborhood where flood-prone homes are being purchased and demolished by the local flood-mitigating government agency, in Houston, Texas, U.S. July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evan Garcia 

A bulldozer stands in the empty lot of a home demolished by the Harris County Flood Control District as part of a buyout program for flood-prone properties, in Houston, Texas, U.S., July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evan Garcia 

Dharmendra Kumar, who works as a clerk at Pragati Maidan which houses the main venue of the G20 Summit, his wife Khusboo Devi and their children sit inside their newly rented one-room house after their old house was demolished during a demolition drive by the authorities at a slum area near the upcoming summit venue, in New Delhi, India, July 1, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

Horse Racing - Royal Ascot - Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Britain - June 23, 2023 Racegoers have drinks in the carpark ahead of the day's races with a partially demolished building pictured in the background REUTERS/Toby Melville 

Horse Racing - Royal Ascot - Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Britain - June 23, 2023 Racegoers have lunch in the carpark ahead of the day's races with a partially demolished building pictured in the background REUTERS/Toby Melville TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A dog sleeps on a pavement next to the remains of a slum after it was demolished by the authorities during a demolition drive near the upcoming G20 Summit main venue in New Delhi, India, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

People inspect a house demolished by the Israeli army in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta 

A man inspects a house demolished by the Israeli army in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta 

A man inspects a house demolished by the Israeli army in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta 

People inspect a house demolished by the Israeli army in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta 

People inspect a house demolished by the Israeli army in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta