In a letter, Atishi wrote that she still has not received any official report or information from the Chief Secretary on the incident, which is very serious question. "Either the officers of GNCTD are not serious about enquiring into this tragedy, or they are trying to protect someone. The Chief Secretary is again directed to submit the magisterial enquiry report on the incident by 10pm today (July 29th...," she writes
Who will take action over no work done on the drainage system in Delhi in last 15-20 years? BJP should have shame. We demand that action should be taken against all officers including the senior officers who are found responsible. The responsibility also falls on the Municipal Commissioner. Bansuri Swaraj should also say that it was a BJP MP from the area for the last 11 years. She will have to answer why drainage was not made?"
BJP councillors standing on tables and holding placards in MCD House protest against the death of 3 UPSC aspirants in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar. The House was adjourned following a protest by BJP councillors.
AAP leaders and workers protest outside LG Secretariat, demanding action against MCD commissioner and officers over the Old Rajinder Nagar incident.
Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi calls an emergency meeting over issues relating to the Old Rajinder Nagar coaching centre. The meeting will be held at 3 pm today, at her office at Civic Centre.
He was an exceptionally brilliant student, said Biju T, the superintendent of the institution where Nevin Dalvin (28) had pursued his studies in 2017. Dalvin was one of three people who died when the basement library of Rau's IAS Study Circle in Old Rajender Nagar got flooded on Saturday.
Read moreThose students were in Delhi for the preparation of IAS examinations, but sadly I have to say that due to criminal negligence of Delhi govt, those students have lost their lives. The cause of death of these three students is the utter and absolute apathy of the Aam Aadmi Party ruling dispensation in Delhi... For a decade, AAP has been enjoying power in Delhi, but not doing work for the people of Delhi. MCD has been under AAP for the last 2 years and Delhi Jal Board is also under them. The residents of Old Rajinder Nagar were continuously complaining to the local MLA, Councillor and officers - the MLA kept doing satire but didn't take any action. I request the Home Ministry to form a committee to investigate the matter.
A junior engineer has been fired, and an assistant engineer has been suspended following the tragic incident where three IAS aspirants lost their lives due to flooding in the basement of a coaching center in the city, according to MCD Commissioner Ashwani Kumar's statement on Monday.
Read moreDelhi Police employed water cannons to scatter the protesting BJP workers and leaders who had gathered near the AAP office. The protesters were demonstrating against the AAP Government in Delhi, expressing their discontent over the recent tragedy in Old Rajinder Nagar.
For dozens of students of Rau’s IAS Study Circle, it just took a few moments to turn friendly chatter and discussion over tea and snacks into shock and awe. And, even hours after the horror that unfolded in the institute's basement, the survivors had yet to come to terms with the tragedy.
Read moreVehicle which hit the gate of the coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar where three UPSC aspirants died due to drowning, impounded by Police. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested.
Earth movers have been pressed into service at Old Rajinder Nagar to raze illegal portions of coaching institutes after the death of three UPSC aspirants due to drowning. The MCD has also sealed basements of 13 such services coaching institutes in the area.
Family of the boy from Kerala is here and the postmortem is going to happen, so we wouldn't want to make this an issue at the moment but the fact remains that there is a gross failure on the part of both the government and the MCD and such instances are becoming very common because such coaching centres with no proper facilities are being done. So, this is a case where I have asked question also in Parliament and I have received an answer but right now since the family is here we don't want to make it an issue at that level because we stand with the families and those three deceased.
Abhishek Gupta, owner/CEO of Rau’s IAS Study Circle, was present at the building where three students drowned in the flooded basement on Saturday and he failed to provide clearance documents for the library, which was being illegally run from there, says the FIR filed by police.
Read alsoDelhi Police on Sunday arrested Abhishek Gupta, CEO of Rau's IAS Study Circle in central Delhi's Rajender Nagar, and the centre's coordinator, Deshpal Singh, a day after three students drowned in the institute's flooded basement. The police have invoked charges of culpable homicide besides causing death due to negligence against the accused.
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