Coaching centre deaths: Three civil services aspirants died Saturday evening after water from a flooded drain gushed into the basement of Rau's IAS Study Circle where a library was set up.
The tragic death of three UPSC aspirants due to flooding in a coaching institute's basement has sparked a debate on Delhi's outdated drainage infrastructure and urban flooding management.
Following a recent tragedy in Delhi, Patna authorities have launched a crackdown on coaching institutes violating norms. The district administration and Patna Municipal Corporation are targeting centers operating illegally.
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Civil services aspirants in Delhi are left in limbo as their studies have been disrupted because several institutes in Old Rajinder Nagar and Mukherjee Nagar have cancelled classes in the wake of the deaths of three IAS aspirants in the rain-flooded basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle.
The committee will have the Additional Secretary, MoUHA, Principal Secretary (Home), Delhi Govt, Special CP, Delhi Police, Fire Advisor and JS, MHA as the Convener.
The plan formulated in August last year, by a three-member committee was pending with Saurabh Bharadwaj. However, Bharadwaj has refuted the claim and said the file was approved in April 2024.
In a review meeting at the state secretariat on Monday, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav directed officials to inspect coaching institutes being run in basements of buildings and ensure safety measures are in place.
Earlier, the Delhi Police served notice to MCD seeking information in the investigation of a case registered in connection with the death of three students at a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar.
Delhi Police have served a notice to the MCD, seeking information on the desilting of drains and occupancy certificate of the Rau's IAS Study Circle basement, where three civil service aspirants died due to flooding.
Delhi Police have so far arrested five more people in connection with the deaths of three students owing to a waterlogged and flooded basement at a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar.
After three IAS aspirants lost their lives to basement flooding on Saturday, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi seized 13 basements of IAS coaching institutes in Old Rajinder Nagar.
Absence of drainage system and safety measures, and use of basement for commercial activities in violation of norms led to the death of three civil services aspirants at a coaching centre in central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area, officials and students said on Sunday.
An uproar has ensued over the death of three civil service aspirants in a rain-induced basement flood at Rau's IAS coaching institute in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar.
Delhi Police said that it has filed a case against the coaching institute and the management of the building and has detained the owner of the coaching centre.
The three civil services aspirants died on Saturday after the basement of a building, which was part of a coaching centre, was flooded following heavy rain in central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area.
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