Delhi coaching centre deaths: Students demand accountability, voice safety concerns

The deaths of three civil services aspirants at a coaching institute have sparked outrage among students and demand for accountability from the Delhi governmentShreya Yadav of Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh Tanya Soni from Telangana and Navin Dalwin from Ernakulam in Kerala died after the basement of the building housing the coaching centre Raus IAS Study Circle was flooded following heavy rain in central Delhis Old Rajinder Nagar area on Saturday evening officials saidStudents of Raus IAS Study Circle and other institutes have expressed voiced their anger over the incident highlighted safety violations at coaching centres across the city and raised questions over the negligence of the Delhi governmentStudents held a protest and raised slogans against authorities outside the coaching centre over the deaths in the basement which according to preliminary probe houses a libraryThe biggest responsibility of the incident lies with Rau IAS Study Circle as the incident took place there a student who did not wish to be named saidHe said Delhi authorities showed negligence when there were similar incidents in Mukherjee Nagar and did not take any strict action even thenHe also highlighted last weeks incident in Patel Nagar where a civil services aspirant got electrocuted in a waterlogged street following heavy rain in the national capitalAnother student highlighted the safety concerns at the citys coaching centres There is a systemic problem in these coaching centres with a lack of interest in safety measures she saidThere are no fire exits or emergency exits Those with a bright future are at risk We want to serve the nation by joining the bureaucracy and if the system doesnt work for us we will lose faith in it the civil services aspirant said as she urged locals and fellow students to join the causeDharmendra Yadav the uncle of Shreya Yadav one of the deceased shared his harrowing experience I saw the news about the incident late at night and called Shreya over phone but she didnt answer he saidA resident of Ghaziabad Dharmendra said when his niece did not respond to his calls he rushed to the institute in Old Rajinder NagarWhen I reached the coaching centre I was directed to RML Hospital where I learned that a body identified as Shreyas had been found but I was not allowed to see her he addedAt the RML Hospital there was anger among the relatives of the victims who claimed they were not being allowed to see the bodies even though they have been waiting since morningAuthorities confirmed that a call about waterlogging was received from the Raus IAS Study Centre around 7 pmAn officer of the Delhi Fire Services DFS said We received a call at 7 pm regarding a basement of a coaching institute being flooded The caller told us there is a possibility that some people were trappedPreliminary investigations revealed that the basement housed a library where several students were present when water suddenly started flooding the areaMeanwhile police said the owner and the coordinator of the coaching centre where the deaths occurred were arrested on SundayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever