Delhi coaching centre flooded highlights: Drishti IAS issues a statement amid massive protest by students

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE updates: A court on Tuesday reserved its decision on the bail plea of an SUV driver and four owners of the coaching centre basement in Old Rajinder Nagar, which was flooded with rainwater, leading to the deaths of three civil services aspirants.

Judicial Magistrate Vinod Kumar reserved the order on the bail applications of driver Manuj Kathuria and basement owners Tejinder Singh, Parvinder Singh, Harvinder Singh, and Sarabjeet Singh.

"The order has been reserved for Wednesday at 4 PM," the court stated.

Kathuria is accused of driving his Force Gurkha vehicle through a rainwater-flooded street, causing the water to overflow and breach the gates of the three-story building, inundating the basement.

Rakesh Malhotra, Kathuria's advocate, sought bail, arguing that his client did not foresee the consequences nor intend to cause the incident.

Coaching centre deaths: The counsel for the basement owners seeking bail described the incident as an "act of God" that could have been prevented if the relevant agencies had done their work, according to a report by news agency PTI.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: Delhi Chief Secretary submits the enquiry report to Minister Atishi in Old Rajinder Nagar Incident. The report reads, “This coaching institute has completely blocked the drainage system and also has not taken additional safeguards to meet out such type of eventualities. The parking access to the institute is directly exposed to the road and in case of heavy rain, water instead of going into the stormwater drain enters directly into this parking area. There was no vigil on the part of security staff as a result water uninterruptedly crosses the parking area and entered into the basement and ultimately taking the precious life of three bright children. However, the Assistant Engineer(M-1)/KBZ responsible for maintenance of the drains system of area has been suspended with immediate effect and services of Junior Engineer (M-1)/KBZ has been terminated forthwith. Executive Engineer (M-1) has been showcaused for seeking an explanation on the incident.”

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: Lok Sabha MP Pappu Yadav claimed on Tuesday that 10 to 12 people are missing from the coaching center in Old Rajender Nagar, where three UPSC aspirants drowned on Saturday evening. Dig deeper

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: Students of Rau's IAS Study Circle reported on Tuesday that there was no biometric lock system in the basement where three civil services aspirants died due to flooding on July 27.

Some reports indicated that the three students were trapped in the basement as the biometric lock malfunctioned after water from heavy rain rushed in.

A 22-year-old student from Uttar Pradesh's Hapur, attending Rau's IAS Study Circle, confirmed that no biometric lock system was installed in the basement.

The student mentioned that the basement was mainly used for conducting mock tests and storing study materials.

The student shared this information with PTI under the condition of anonymity.

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NHRC on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of the death of three students due to drowning in the flooded basement library of a coaching centre in Delhi, and issued notices to the Delhi chief secretary, the police commissioner and the MCD commissioner, calling for a detailed report in the matter within two weeks.

It also directed to carry out a survey to find the number of such institutes and coaching centres running in violation of the prescribed norms in the national capital and action taken against the negligent officers in failing to check the irregularities.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: Civil services aspirants and locals continued their protest outside Rau's coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar for the third day on Tuesday.

They are protesting against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the management of Rau's IAS Study Circle, where three students died after the basement of the coaching centre was flooded following heavy rain on Saturday.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: AAP leaders protest outside the Parliament over the Old Rajinder Nagar incident.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: Delhi high court is likely to hear tomorrow a plea seeking constitution of a high level committee to probe into the Rajendra Nagar incident that resulted in the death of 3 UPSC aspirants. The plea was mentioned before a bench of acting chief justice Manmohan and justice Tushar Rao Gedela by advocate Rudra Singh.

The court said that the matter be listed tomorrow if the plea is in order by 12:30 pm today.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: Days after the deaths of three UPSC aspirants after flooding in Rau's IAS coaching centre in Delhi's Old Rajendra Nagar, Patna's district magistrate on Tuesday ordered an investigation of all the coaching centres in Patna.

In an order released by the office of the district magistrate of Patna, the appointed officials were directed to check different aspects of the coaching centre including the condition of the coaching centre, security measures taken in the centre and fire exit availability. The notice also ordered officials to check the provisions during an emergency situation and the entry and exit points of the centres.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: People paid their last respects to dead IAS student Nivin Dalvin's body at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

He died due to drowning at an IAS coaching institute in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar on July 27th.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: The MCD has sealed 20 coaching centres till now, for the use of basements as libraries, in violation of Delhi's building by laws.

The crackdown is in response to the death of 3 IAS aspirants' in a flooded basement in their coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla, commented on the INDIA bloc's plan to stage a protest in support of Arvind Kejriwal at Jantar Mantar, saying “Their priority is not the people of the country but party interests.”

His remarks were in connection to the death of 3 IAS aspirants' in a coaching centre in Delhi. “On 27th July, we lost three young individuals in an incident and today on 30th July rather than protesting to provide them justice, leaders of the INDIA alliance are protesting in support of Arvind Kejriwal," he pointed out.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: A student protestor in Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi, told news agency ANI, that they wanted safety measures for libraries.

The protestor, named Bhoomi, said, “Till when will all of this continue? Most libraries are running in the basements. We want that attention should be paid to the safety measures in these libraries. We want to see the involvement of MCD, Delhi Jal Board and other higher authorities.”

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: A local protesting with students in Old Rajinder Nagar said, “The reason for waterlogging in this area is that this is a low-ground area. The sewers here are blocked. The sewer lines are choked because they don't have enough diameter to accommodate so much water. ”

He also said that there are exposed 440-volt wires in the area. Multiple wires are strangled and can cause a huge mishap anytime.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: After the death of 3 civil service students in a coaching centre in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar, Patna's district magistrate formed an investigation team to check all the coaching centres across the district.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: On Monday, the MCD sealed the basements of coaching centres - Drishti IAS Institute, Vaji Ram IAS Institute, VajiRam and Ravi Institute, VajiRam and IAS hub, SriRam IAS Institute.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: The Delhi Police has written to the MCD seeking the status of de-silting of drains near Rajinder Nagar coaching centre, say police sources.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: The Delhi police arrested five accused on Monday comprised of four co-owners of property and the driver of a car, in the case of 3 IAS aspirants' who drowned in a coaching centre basement. The court sent them to judicial custody.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: Hridesh Chauhan, an eyewitness to the flooding of Rau's IAS coaching centre in Delhi said, “15 minutes before the incident, we were on the ground floor, when the rain started. Around 6:30, the guard of the building came rushing downstairs shouting and asking everyone to pack up and leave immediately since the water was gushing in.”

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena announced a compensation of ₹10 lakh for the families of the three IAS aspirants who died in the flooding incident at a coaching centre, according to his office.

He also met students protesting in Old Rajinder Nagar and assured swift action against culprits

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: Students have started a protest outside Drishti IAS coaching centre in North West Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar after the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) sealed the basement of the famous institute in a crackdown on illegally run basements.

The move to seal their basement comes after 3 IAS students died in the flooded basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar. The use of the basement violated building by laws and the MCD has sealed 13 other coaching centre basements.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: Kerala Education Minister V Shivankutty and MLA IB Satheesh paid respect to deceased IAS aspirant Nivin Dalwin, after his body arrived at Thiruvananthapuram airport.

The student died due to drowning in the flooded basement of a coaching centre in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar on July 27th,

His remains will be taken to SK Hospital Thiruvananthapuram for the night and then to his residence in Mangattukadavu in the morning.

Delhi coaching centre flooded LIVE: The Ministry of Home Affairs has formed a committee to investigate the deaths of 3 IAS aspirants' after they drowned in the basement of Rau's IAS coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar on Saturday.

The committee is required to submit a report in 30 days.