Delhi coaching centre incident: People paying price for unsafe construction, says Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi mourns death of IAS aspirants due to waterlogging, blames unsafe construction and poor planning in Delhi.

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on July 28 condoled the death of three IAS aspirants owing to waterlogging in the basement of a building in New Delhi and said common people are paying the price for unsafe construction, poor town planning and irresponsibility of institutions at every level.

“The three civil services aspirants died after the basement of the building housing a coaching centre in central Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar area was flooded following heavy rain,” officials said.

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In a post in Hindi on X, Mr. Gandhi said, "The death of students preparing for competitive exams due to waterlogging in the basement of a building in Delhi is very unfortunate. A few days ago, a student died due to electric shock during the rains." He expressed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.

"This collapse of infrastructure is a combined failure of the system. The common citizen is paying the price of unsafe construction, poor town planning and irresponsibility of institutions at every level by losing his life," the former Congress chief said.

“A safe and comfortable life is the right of every citizen and the responsibility of governments,” Mr. Gandhi asserted. “The Delhi Police on July 28 detained the owner and coordinator of the coaching centre where three students died owing to flooding following heavy rains,” officials said. “Police have booked them under charges of culpable homicide among others,” they said.