Thousands of students from every corner of the country come to Delhi from their homes to prepare for IAS and other examinations and study in various coaching institutes here, but on Saturday three students died due to water logging in the basement of the coaching centre.
Three students, including two girls and a boy, died when the basement of a coaching institute in Delhi got flooded on Saturday evening. The coaching institute is located in Old Rajinder Nagar, which is known as the coaching hub in the national capital. Of the three students who died in this accident, one student was from Kerala, one girl student was from Uttar Pradesh while the other girl student was originally from Aurangabad in Bihar and her family currently lives in Telangana.
These three students had come to Delhi from their home to prepare for the UPSC exam, but their tragic death shattered their dream of becoming an IAS. When the family members of the students got the news of their death, there was chaos in the entire family.
The dream of these students to become IAS was shattered
Thousands of students from every corner of the country come to Delhi to prepare for IAS and other exams and study in various coaching institutes here, but the dream of these three students was shattered even before they could become IAS. Let us know about the three young students who became victims of this tragedy…
Shreya Yadav: Shreya Yadav was from Uttar Pradesh and had come to Delhi hoping to clear the prestigious Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam. The girl's family lives in the state's Ambedkar Nagar district. The girl's uncle was present outside the Delhi hospital where her body was post-mortemed. The post-mortem was conducted at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Her father lives in Uttar Pradesh. After the post-mortem, doctors gave preliminary information to her family that Shreya died after dirty water entered her body and she suffocated in the basement of the building. Police said her organs were damaged due to dirty water.
Police said that the body of the student has been handed over to her family after post-mortem. According to reports, after receiving the body, they have left for their hometown in UP.
Tania Soni: 25-year-old Tania Soni was originally from Aurangabad in Bihar. Her family currently lives in Telangana. Police said the family's house is in Aurangabad's Nabibnagar area. Her body has also been post-mortemed. Her father is now taking her body back to his hometown. Her body was pulled out of the basement just hours after the rescue operation began.
Naveen Delvin: 28-year-old Naveen Delvin died after the basement of the coaching centre got flooded. He was a resident of Ernakulam in Kerala. His body was the last body to be recovered from the basement. Firefighters recovered his body late on Saturday night. There is mourning at his home in Kerala.
How did the basement of the coaching centre get filled with water?
According to the report, the library running in the basement of the coaching centre building was built illegally. It can accommodate around 150 students at a time. Many students were inside the library when the water filled in it.
The building was built on a slope and police say this could be a major reason for the water entering the building so quickly. Some people blamed the overflowing sewer drain for the flooding of the basement, but this is still being investigated.
Officials said that the gate of the building broke due to the flow of water. The Delhi government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident and the politics of Delhi has heated up over this. The BJP is attacking the Kejriwal government of Delhi and accusing it of negligence.