2 College students Die, 1 Trapped In Delhi Teaching Centre’s Flooded Basement

The incident comes days after a UPSC aspirant was electrocuted in Patel Nagar.

New Delhi:

Two college students died and one different is trapped for over 4 hours after water all of the sudden entered a basement at a preferred teaching centre in West Delhi on Saturday.

Visuals from Rajendra Nagar confirmed the basement of Rau’s IAS Research Circle utterly flooded. Hearth brigade officers stated they acquired a name about college students being caught within the basement at 7.19 pm on Saturday and 5 hearth engines had been dispatched to help in rescue operations. Groups from the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure are additionally on the spot.

Officers stated a two lady college students’ our bodies have been recovered and rescue operations are on. “There have been 30 college students within the basement, three had been trapped whereas others escaped. We pumped the water out and recovered the our bodies of two ladies,” Delhi hearth chief Atul Garg stated, including that the rescue operation will conclude in one other hour because the water stage has begun to subside.

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The incident comes days after a UPSC aspirant was electrocuted whereas attempting to cross a waterlogged avenue in Patel Nagar, which can also be in West Delhi. 

Deputy Commissioner Of Police (Central Delhi) M Harshavardhan stated the realm across the teaching centre received waterlogged due to heavy rain on Saturday night.

“Rescue operations are happening and we face some difficulties. It’s taking time for the water to empty out. The crew is attempting its finest. A feminine pupil’s physique has been discovered thus far,” he stated.

In a submit on X, Delhi Public Works Division Minister Atishi stated the basement received flooded after heavy rain and the native AAP MLA, Durgesh Pathak has reached the teaching centre, and so has the mayor, Shelly Oberoi. 

“There’s information of an accident as a consequence of heavy rain in Delhi within the night. There’s information of water flooding the basement of a training institute in Rajendra Nagar. The Delhi Hearth Division and NDRF are on the spot. The Delhi Mayor and native MLA are additionally there. I’m taking updates of the incident each minute,” she wrote in Hindi.  

The minister, who stated within the submit that anybody discovered responsible wouldn’t be spared, has additionally written to the Delhi chief secretary and requested him to make sure a magisterial inquiry is initiated instantly. She has sought a report inside 24 hours. 

‘Avoidable Tragedy’

Hitting out on the AAP authorities, Bansuri Swaraj, BJP MP from the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, who additionally reached the teaching centre, stated the tragedy may have been averted.

“Devoted employees from the BJP repeatedly requested Durgesh Pathak to make sure that the sewers on this space are cleaned and de-silted. If that had been executed, this tragedy wouldn’t have occurred. You possibly can see there’s 2-3 foot of water on the street, which inundated the basement. Persons are saying divers needed to go in, so you may think about how dangerous the scenario is. The AAP authorities, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and MLA Durgesh Pathak are accountable for the tragedy and the loss of life,” she stated.

Mr Pathak stated a drain or sewer appeared to have exploded, resulting in the flooding. On the BJP’s allegations, he stated the get together’s councillors had been in energy within the Municipal Company of Delhi for 15 years however didn’t get drains constructed. “This isn’t the time for politics. The main focus now could be on saving the scholars,” the MLA stated.