The incident comes days after a UPSC aspirant was electrocuted in Patel Nagar.
New Delhi:
Three college students, who had been trapped for over 4 hours after water immediately entered a basement at a well-liked teaching centre in West Delhi, have died, police mentioned.
Visuals from Rajendra Nagar confirmed the basement of Rau’s IAS Examine Circle fully flooded on Saturday. Hearth brigade officers mentioned 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.
The our bodies of two feminine college students had been pulled out hours after the rescue operation started. The physique of the third scholar, a male, was recovered later into the night time.
“The our bodies have been despatched to the hospital for additional authorized motion. Rescue operations are nonetheless underway. The water is being pumped out. There may be nonetheless about 7 toes of water within the basement… I request the coed neighborhood to not come right here and hamper the rescue providers. We share their ache however coming right here to the spot is just not the answer. It would hamper the rescue providers,” Deputy Commissioner Of Police (Central Delhi) M Harshavardhan mentioned.
Delhi Hearth chief Atul Garg mentioned that rescue operations are nonetheless on to search out anybody else suspected to be trapped within the basement. Earlier, he mentioned experiences advised that solely 3 college students had been trapped whereas 30 others had escaped the flooded basement.
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The incident comes days after a UPSC aspirant was electrocuted whereas attempting to cross a waterlogged road in Patel Nagar, which can be in West Delhi.
In a publish on X, Delhi Public Works Division Minister Atishi mentioned the basement bought flooded after heavy rain and the native AAP MLA, Durgesh Pathak has reached the teaching centre, and so has the mayor, Shelly Oberoi.
“There may be information of an accident attributable to heavy rain in Delhi within the night. There may be 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 mentioned within the publish 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, mentioned the tragedy might have been averted.
“Devoted staff 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 may see there’s 2-3 foot of water on the highway, which inundated the basement. Individuals are saying divers needed to go in, so you’ll be able to think about how unhealthy the state of affairs is. The AAP authorities, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and MLA Durgesh Pathak are accountable for the tragedy and the dying,” she mentioned.
Mr Pathak mentioned a drain or sewer appeared to have exploded, resulting in the flooding. On the BJP’s allegations, he mentioned 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 target now could be on saving the scholars,” the MLA mentioned.
