The committee will have the additional secretary, MoUHA, principal secretary (Home), Delhi govt, special CP, Delhi police, fire advisor and JS, MHA as the Convener.
The committee will inquire into the reasons, fix responsibility, suggest measures and recommend policy changes.It will submit its report in 30 days. according to MHA
In a major mishap at Rau’s IAS coaching centre in central Delhi’s Old Rajender Nagar, three students died after rainwater accumulated on the road flooded the library in the basement on Saturday evening. There were 30 students in all at the centre.
Meanwhile, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena assured action against responsible officials of Delhi Fire Services, police and MCD within 24 hours. He also announced Rs 10 lakh compensation for the family of the three students died.
According to a Raj Niwas statement, the LG, who met the students protesting over the tragic incident, also assured action against responsible officials of Delhi Fire Services(DFS), police, and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) within 24 hours.
A compensation of Rs 10 lakh has been announced, the statement said.
Delhi court sends five accused to police custody
Delhi police arrest five people, including the driver of an SUV that passed through the flooded road in Delhi where three UPSC aspirants died due to drowning at a coaching centre.
“Negligence has been established on the part of the arrested driver, who has been arrested in the Old Rajender Nagar case. He was driving the vehicle very fast, due to which the gate of the coaching centre broke,” DCP (Central) M Harshvardhan said.
“Before he hit the building gate, a street vendor had tried to stop him,” he added. The driver was identified by the police after videos of his vehicle passing through the flooded road went viral on social media.
The court sent all the five accused to judicial custody for 14 days by a court. The five accused — Tejinder Singh, Parvinder Singh, Harvinder Singh and Sarabjeet Singh, the four co-owners of the coaching centre at Rajinder Nagar, and the driver of a car, Manuj Kathuria — were produced in the court.
Judicial Magistrate Vinod Kumar sent them to judicial custody till August 12.
Their bail pleas will be heard on Tuesday.
Pushed by water, basement door collapsed
The water that collected in Rau’s IAS coaching centre in Old Rajender Nagar ultimately filled its basement, causing a death and creating a severe situation that required the intervention of divers. Students at the spot described the situation as “horrific” and one they had never imagined being caught in. Some students also claimed a similar condition a week ago when the street there had waist-deep rainwater.
Reports suggest that the room in the basement where the victims were trapped had a biometric door that was allegedly jammed due to a short-circuit caused by rainwater.