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THREE IAS ASPIRANTS DIES
After three civil services aspirants died due to flooding in the basement of a coaching centre in Delhi's Old Rajendra Nagar on Saturday evening, angry students held an overnight protest outside the institute, a stir that is still underway.
#WATCH | Old Rajender Nagar incident | Delhi: Rescue and search operations are underway at the IAS coaching centre in Old Rajender Nagar where three students lost their lives after the basement was filled with water.
— ANI (@ANI) July 28, 2024
(Morning visuals from the spot) pic.twitter.com/nlH2RAR4nW
On Sunday morning, visuals from the spot showed students sitting on a road outside Rau's IAS Study Circle, raising slogans of ‘We want justice. ’A protesting IAS aspirant hit out at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), who, he said, called the incident a ‘disaster.’
कल रात राजेंद्र नगर में हुई दर्दनाक दुर्घटना पर मंत्री @AtishiAAP जी ने दिल्ली के मुख्य सचिव को इस घटना की जांच शुरू करने और 24 घंटे के भीतर रिपोर्ट देने का निर्देश दिया है। pic.twitter.com/S438FDx9Xq
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) July 28, 2024
“MCD says it is a disaster but I would say that this is complete negligence. Knee-deep water gets logged in half hour of rain. A ‘disaster’ is something that happens sometimes. My landlord told me that he had been asking the councillor for the last 10-12 days that drainage must be cleaned,” he told news agency ANI. “The first demand is that action should be taken against the culprits. The immediate demand is that the actual number of deaths and injuries should be put out,” the student added.
According to police, around 7pm, the fire department received a call regarding waterlogging inside the coaching centre, after which a rescue operation was launched. “There were around 30 students when the flooding began. While a few managed to escape the site, 13-14 students were rescued and taken to a hospital. A criminal case has been registered over the deaths of the three aspirants and two people have been detained,” a police officer said.
On Old Rajender Nagar Incident, Delhi Police tweets, "...At the conclusion of search and rescue operations, 3 dead bodies were recovered. Their families have been informed. The case has been registered & the investigation is underway." pic.twitter.com/laDDWKbJc7
— ANI (@ANI) July 28, 2024
Two female students and a male aspirant died in the incident. On July 22, another student, also a civil services aspirant, was electrocuted to death after coming into contact with a iron gate during heavy rain in the Patel Nagar area of the national capital.