Three civil services aspirants died a tragic death after the basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajendra Nagar in Delhi got flooded on Saturday evening, following which angry students staged an overnight protest outside the institute.
By Sunday morning, visuals from the scene emerged, showing students sitting on the road outside Rau’s IAS Study Circle and raising slogans of ‘We want justice’.
According to ANI, an IAS aspirant who was protesting criticised the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), saying, “The MCD says it’s a disaster, but I would say it’s total negligence. Half an hour of rain results in knee-deep water. ‘Disaster’ is something that happens once in a while. My landlord told me he had been telling the councillor for the past 10-12 days that the drain should be cleaned.”
“The first demand is that action be taken against the culprits. The immediate demand is that the actual number of deaths and injuries be revealed,” the student said.
Mayor orders MCD to take action against businesses running in basements
Mayor Shaili Oberoi directed the MCD Commissioner to take immediate strict action against all such coaching centres across Delhi which come under the jurisdiction of MCD and are running commercial activities in basements which is in violation of building bylaws and not in accordance with the norms
He said that an immediate inquiry should be conducted to find out whether any MCD official is responsible for this tragedy or not. If any official is found guilty, strict action should be taken against him.
Everything you need to know about the event
Around 7pm, the fire department received information about waterlogging inside the coaching centre and subsequently a rescue operation was launched.
“There were around 30 students there when the flood started. Some of the students managed to escape from the spot while 13-14 students were rescued and rushed to hospital. A criminal case has been registered into the death of three students and two persons have been detained,” police said.
Two girl students and one boy student died in this incident.
