Bulldozers rolled on Monday at Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar area to demolish illegal encroachments where three civil services aspirants died on July 27 after the basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle, a UPSC coaching centre was flooded following heavy rains.
Bulldozers demolished the footpath which had been constructed by covering the sewer outside the institute.
The action comes after the mounting anger and criticism over the death of three students – two female and a male – whose bodies were recovered on Sunday morning.
Who were 3 civil services aspirants who died in Delhi coaching centre flooding?
The victims have been identified as Tania Soni (25), Shreya Yadav (25), and Nevin Dalwin (28).Shreya was from Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkar Nagar, while Tanya was from Telangana and Navin was from Ernakulam in Kerala.
The police have sealed Rau’s IAS Study Circle, while the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), controlled by Arvind Kerjriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has sealed 13 illegal coaching centres in the area.
MCD issues show cause notice
The MCD on Monday also issued show cause notice to the engineer of Karol Bagh Zone, JV Meena, asking to explain as to why water logging took place at Bara Bazar Area in the Old Rajinder Nagar around Rau’s IAS Coaching Centre on July 27 and “why action be not taken against him for not taking timely action to prevent/contain it.”
Meena has been given 24 hours time to respond “failing which it will be presumed that he has nothing to say in this regard,” the notice read.
Education Minister reacts on students’ death
“There was negligence,” said Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday while replying to a question regarding the death of three civil services aspirants at a premier UPSC coaching centre in New Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar area on Saturday.
“Only when accountability is fixed, there will be a solution… It is our responsibility to ensure that such an incident is not repeated,” Pradhan said.
Govt committed to total socio-psychological & mental protection of students
Earlier on Monday, leaders across party lines in the Lok Sabha condemned the death of the three students following flooding of a coaching centre. Responding to that, Pradhan said: “… but I like to assure the House through you, this government is committed to total socio-psychological and mental protection of all students, whether they are studying in a coaching center, in an institution, school education or higher education.”
He also said that the government had issued guidelines on the regulation of coaching centres in January this year.
BJP blames AAP
The BJP has blamed the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the deaths of three students at the Rau’s IAS coaching centre.
BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said that those who were responsible for the deaths did not even show any sign of tension on their faces, let alone shed tears.
“The government which should have regulated the coaching institutes seriously failed to do so. The incident which took place is very unfortunate…It is sad that those who were responsible for them, not only did they not shed any tears nor did they have any tension on their faces (Jinke aankhon main aasu rehne chahiye. unke chehre par shikan tak nahi ayi)…,” ANI quoted Trivedi as saying in the Rajya Sabha.
Five more arrestedDelhi Police have arrested five more individuals, including the basement owner, in connection with the deaths caused by the flooding at the coaching institute in Old Rajinder Nagar. This brings the total number of arrests in the case to seven.
The owner and the coordinator of the coaching centre – Rau’s IAS Study Circle – were arrested on Sunday.
Those arrested on Monday include the basement owners and a person who allegedly drove a vehicle that damaged the building’s gate.
With inputs from agencies
Link to article –
WATCH: Bulldozer action begins near Rau’s IAS Study Centre in Delhi after 3 UPSC aspirants die
