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New Delhi: Days after the deaths of three UPSC aspirants after flooding in Rau’s IAS coaching centre in Delhi’s Old Rajendra Nagar, the basement of the same coaching was submerged following heavy rain on Wednesday evening with commuters wading through waterlogged lanes and fearing for their safety. Several videos surfaced of the flood-like situation on the stretch that is lined with many coaching centres.
The Modi-led BJP attacked the AAP saying it had not learnt any lesson from the tragedy even as Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) shared videos of its MLA from the area Durgesh Pathak assisting people on the ground and ensuring water was being pumped out.
Drenched in the rain, students have been protesting against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the management of Rau’s IAS Study Circle, since the incident happened on July 27 and shouted slogans while standing in thigh-high water. “We had come out from our home for dinner and it suddenly started raining and within minutes the whole area got flooded with water,” a resident was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. “Even after five days (of the death of the UPSC aspirants), the administration and MCD are only using their complete force to suppress the protest and have done nothing to set the drains cleaned,” he charged.
A civil services aspirant, who has been part of the protest in the Rajinder Nagar area, was quoted as saying to PTI, “There is sparking in the electric poles. Rainwater is gushing into the basements. Students are worried about their safety in such a situation.” Another student said that the MCD started a cleaning drive and has claimed that they have cleaned all the drains, but the condition is the same again. “They (MCD) carried out demolition of encroachments over the stormwater drains, and claimed to have cleaned the drains but the rain again cleared the picture. Knee-deep water accumulated here,” said the civil service aspirant.
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— Aam Aadmi Party Delhi (@AAPDelhi) July 31, 2024
Meanwhile, the AAP-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is under scrutiny after the incident. The protesting students are demanding improved security and safety measures at coaching centres that pose a risk to their personal lives. Meanwhile, AAP MLA from Rajinder Nagar Durgesh Pathak reached the area. Sharing a video on X(previously Twitter), the Aam Aadmi Party wrote,” Heavy rain in Delhi. AAP MLA @ipathak25 is present on Ground Zero in Rajinder Nagar. He is getting the water drainage arrangements done in front of him. AAP government is on ALERT MODE.”
The BJP attacked the AAP over the waterlogging situation. Delhi BJP leader Rajesh Bhatia, in a post on X, said, “MLA Durgesh Pathak has still not learnt his lesson. God forbid some untoward incident happens due to increased waterlogging.” To remind our readers, three civil service aspirants died last week after the basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle in the Old Rajinder Nagar area was flooded after rain.
(With PTI Inputs)
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