We have been protesting here for two days but no official of the administration has come yet. Students talk to journalists.
New Delhi - Three students have died due to water flooding in the basement of the coaching center for students preparing for civil service in the Old Rajendra Nagar area of the Indian capital. Students are protesting against this accident at the accident site. The coaching center is considered among the top 10 centers in Delhi.
Police was called in view of the students' protest. Meanwhile, some political figures also reached there, who were turned away by the students and said that they should not politicize the issue. want
The protesting students have held the Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Center responsible for this accident. They say that we have been protesting here for two days but no official of the administration has come yet. The students who died belong to Kerala. There are two students from Telangana and Uttar Pradesh, namely Tanya Soni and Shriya Yadav, while the student's name is Naveen Delvin.
According to the Indian media, there is a library in the basement of the building where the coaching center is located. As a result of heavy rain on Saturday evening, the basement was filled with water. Were. Police have arrested the center's owner Abhishek Gupta and coordinator Deshpal Singh and registered a case of involuntary manslaughter against them. The basement was to be used for storage but it housed the center's library.
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According to the preliminary investigation, the basement is eight feet below the ground. According to the officials of the fire brigade, they were informed that the basement was filled with water at 7 o'clock on Saturday evening and many students were trapped, after which 10 students were rescued from there. Although the bodies of three students were removed on Sunday, Delhi Mayor Shelley Oberoi described the accident as unfortunate and said that it should be fully investigated.
He has ordered action against the officials of all such coaching centers who are running coaching centers in basements etc. in violation of rules and regulations.Lt Governor of Delhi VK Saxena has also asked for an inquiry into the accident. It should be noted that there are hundreds of coaching centers in Delhi in which civil services are prepared, such centers are mostly located in Mukherjee Nagar, Rajendra Nagar and IIT area near Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Accidents happen at these centers from time to time.On July 25, a student preparing for civil services was electrocuted at a water filling station in Patel Nagar. He died due to being touched. Delhi Minister Atashi has ordered an inquiry into the incident. Professor Latika Gupta, a teacher and education expert at Delhi University, has blamed the privatization of education for such accidents. He said that coaching centers have also turned into shops where there are no special facilities for students. Thousands of students from all over the country come to Delhi with dreams of a better future, but there are no arrangements to make their dreams come true. .
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the center have blamed each other for the accident. BJP spokesperson Manjinder Singh Sirsa, speaking to the broadcaster, said that the Delhi government and municipal This has happened due to the corporation's mistake, he declared this accident as murder, while Aam Aadmi Party MLA Dargesh Pathak held BJP responsible and said that strict action should be taken against those responsible for this accident.
