New Delhi: Traffic gave commuters a particularly rough time around ITO and central Delhi Monday, with those travelling from Noida and Ghaziabad towards the city bearing the brunt.Ishika, who travelled from Noida to her office in central Delhi, said she left at 11 am instead of her usual 10 am, expecting the peak-hour rush to…
Akshat Yadav (18)A mole on his neck and a mark left by a surgery on his right leg helped Akshat’s mother Sweta identify his body at AIIMS Monday.Akshat dreamt of becoming an IAS officer and making his parents proud. However, the dream was crushed beneath the rubble of the collapsed Satya Niketan building when the…
New Delhi: University of Delhi is learnt to have directed colleges to identify students from their institutions who were living in Satya Niketan and submit details of those who have died or been injured by Tuesday.The university has also decided to provide compensation to the families of the deceased students from the vice-chancellor’s fund. The…
New Delhi: For thousands of students coming to Delhi University from outside the city, securing admission does not necessarily mean securing a place to stay.Only a handful of colleges have hostels and admission into them is harder than getting into university to begin with.The gap has fuelled a thriving private PG economy around college clusters….
New Delhi: The Satya Niketan building collapse, just a few steps from Delhi University’s South Campus, has left students worried about where they should stay and how.Monday, students marched from the arts faculty to the VC’s office, holding up banners that said, “200 acres of land is lying vacant, yet no hostel for students.” Another…
New Delhi: Classrooms and other facilities in several Delhi University colleges were turned into temporary shelters Monday as institutions suspended classes and opened their campuses to students displaced after the PG building collapse in South Delhi’s Satya Niketan.Colleges put up mattresses in health centres, staff and guest rooms to accommodate students and arranged for food…
A boys’ PG building in Satya Niketan collapsed on Sunday After a boys’ PG building collapsed in Satya Niketan on Sunday afternoon, student bodies across Delhi University campuses have stepped in to assist those affected. From arranging temporary accommodation and food to sharing SOS numbers, helpline details and verified information on social media, students are…
New Delhi: The collapse of a five-storey building housing a boys’ PG in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan has put the spotlight on the approval, inspection and safety mechanisms governing basement construction in the city.As questions arise over who is responsible for sanctioning a basement and monitoring the construction, civic officials said permission for constructing is…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Monday suspended five South zone officials, including deputy commissioner Rakesh Kumar, a day after a PG building collapse in Satya Niketan claimed seven lives.The other four suspended officials are superintending engineer Ranvir Singh, executive engineer (building) Lalit Kumar Goel, assistant engineer (building) Sunil Chauhan and junior engineer (building)…
New Delhi: A crowd gathered early afternoon in Satya Niketan market Monday, uncertainty looming as a JCB tried digging through to the basement of the collapsed building. For students living in the PG adjacent to the fallen structure, shock has now given way to anxiety. A notice has been issued for the building’s demolition, but…
