Jul 29, 2024 09:20 AM IST
The Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday sealed 13 illegally run basements of teaching centres in Delhi’s Previous Rajinder Nagar.
The Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday sealed 13 illegally run basements of teaching centres in Delhi’s Previous Rajinder Nagar, a day after three civil service aspirants died after being trapped within the flooded basement of Rau’s IAS Study Centre amid heavy rainfall. In line with an announcement by the MCD, the sealed teaching centres have been discovered to be working in basements in violation of guidelines.
Listing of 13 teaching centres which MCD took motion:
- IAS Gurukul
- Chahal Academy
- Plutus Academy
- Sai Buying and selling
- IAS Setu
- Topper’s Academy
- Dainik Samvad
- Civils Day by day IAS
- Profession Energy
- 99 Notes
- Vidya Guru
- Steering IAS
- Simple for IAS
Final yr, the MCD had carried out a survey of teaching centres after a large hearth broke out at a training hub in Mukharjee Nagar within the nationwide capital. “To start with, the survey will likely be used to establish these flouting norms,” an MCD official stated, as quoted by PTI.
On Saturday, three UPSC aspirants – Shreya Yadav from Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni from Telangana, and Nivin Dalwin from Ernakulam, Kerala – died after a library housed within the basement of Rau’s IAS centre bought inundated after a heavy rainfall, reportedly resulting in the failure of the one biometric entry and exit level within the teaching centre.
In line with the police, there have been round 30 college students within the teaching centre – out of which 12 to 14 have been rescued and brought to a hospital, whereas others managed to flee.
Following the tragedy, the Delhi police on Sunday arrested two individuals – Abhishek Gupta, 41, the CEO and proprietor of the institute, and DP Singh, 60, coordinator – below prices of culpable murder.
In the meantime, the MCD will arrange a high-level committee to research the flooding of the teaching centre’s basement.
“A gross legal negligence is discovered on the a part of the proprietor of the institute…The scholars may have escaped had the exit been free. The MCD solely approves the constructing plan but when anyone misuses the basement for industrial actions after declaring it will likely be used for parking and storing functions, what else can the company do to make sure safety?” an MCD official instructed PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)