Beneath fireplace for violating security norms in its centre in Delhi, Drishti IAS head Vikas Divyakirti mentioned that he agreed that the basement must be sealed, however added that a number of constructions together with Delhi metro, malls and Palika Bazar within the nationwide capital function in basements.
Divyakirti’s remarks got here following the Municipal Company of Delhi’s (MCD) sealing of a number of teaching centres within the nationwide capital together with Drishti IAS’s basement.
The crackdown comes after flooding within the basement of Rau’s IAS Research Circle in Outdated Rajendra Nagar, wherein three civil service aspirants drowned resulting from waterlogging final week.
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“We utterly agree that the basement must be sealed. However Delhi Metro runs within the basement, underground, and Palika Bazar is within the basement itself. Nearly each mall in Delhi has very massive buying complexes within the basement as a result of the basement there was constructed correctly,” Vikas Divyakirti mentioned in an interview to ANI.
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— ANI (@ANI) July 30, 2024
He mentioned that he had submitted the entire structure construction of the basement to the MCD, DDA and the fireplace division for NOC, and there was no rejection to date.
He added that despite the fact that he will get permission for the basement, he won’t work within the basement. He additionally mentioned that not a single teaching institute ought to run from the basement.
“I’m saying on file that now we have submitted the entire structure construction of the basement to MCD, DDA and the fireplace division for NOC, and there was no rejection from there until now. However regardless of this, after seeing the incident that occurred within the final 3 days, I really feel that this was carelessness,” he mentioned.
“The thought by no means got here to our thoughts and I’m saying very brazenly that even when we get the permission in future, we won’t work within the basement. I guarantee you of this and never a single teaching institute ought to run the basement,” he added.
In a press release earlier immediately, Divyakirti expressed his condolences for the households of the three victims of the basement tragedy — Shreya Yadav, Tanya Soni and Nevin Dalwin within the flooding incident on 27 July.
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति
तिथि- 30 जुलाई, 2024
शनिवार (27 जुलाई) को राजिंदर नगर स्थित एक कोचिंग संस्थान की बेसमेंट में हुई त्रासद घटना तथा उसके बाद बनी परिस्थितियों पर टीम दृष्टि का पक्ष निम्नलिखित है:
1) हमें खेद है कि हमने अपना पक्ष रखने में देरी की। वस्तुतः हम नहीं चाहते थे कि अधूरी… pic.twitter.com/qp3hpkgYs6
— Drishti IAS (@drishtiias) July 30, 2024
“We categorical our deepest condolences on the premature and painful demise of the three college students. We pay our humble tributes to the three aspirants and pray to God to present braveness to their households to bear this irreparable loss,” the assertion learn.
There was an uproar on social media with college students protesting over the incident and calling out the alleged silence of Vikas Divyakirti.
Reacting to the assaults on social media, Dr Vikas Divyakirti mentioned, “I get targetted as a result of in such instances, everybody needs a scapegoat. It makes issues simpler for the administration, they suppose they’re secure, let that one individual undergo, and even the society feels that they’ve the accused.”
#WATCH | Outdated Rajinder Nagar incident | Dr. Vikas Divyakirti, founder and MD of Drishti IAS says, “…We utterly agree that the basement must be sealed. However Delhi Metro runs within the basement, underground, and Palika Bazar is within the basement itself. Nearly each mall in Delhi… pic.twitter.com/xBPgnWjR8g
— ANI (@ANI) July 30, 2024
“The scholars are going by way of an emotional turmoil, the rationale for his or her anger is why did I not stand with them… The sealing motion passed off on greater than 50 institutes, certainly one of them is ours… 3 youngsters died, it was a painful loss of life, for the final 3 days at any time when we speak at house or I fall asleep, a picture involves my thoughts that what these youngsters should have gone by way of when the water was stuffed inside,” he added.