Capital paralysis: Who is responsible for running Delhi?

After the death of three civil services aspirants in the basement of a coaching centre, political parties began blaming each other

The death of three young civil services aspirants on Saturday night is only the latest addition in a series of preventable calamities which have exposed the complete collapse of urban infrastructure in Delhi and the lack of accountability by a host of authorities tasked with ensuring the safety of millions of residents.

Delhi Police officers and MCD officials at Rau's IAS Study Circle Spot on Monday. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

Just in the past 30 or so days, Delhi has seen death and destruction caused by a wide variety of crises – electrocution due to waterlogged roads, drownings