"Responsibility of Delhi LG to take action": AAP MP Sanjay Singh on coaching centre flooding - World News Network

New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh said that it is the responsibility of the Delhi Lieutenant Governor to take action against the officials regarding the flooding incident at a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar that claimed three lives.
Singh alleged that the BJP is conspiring with the LG, and assured action in the matter.
“It is a very unfortunate incident. Many coaching centres are running libraries and classes in their basement illegally. Action will be taken against the officials who are involved in it. The officials are not working and it is the responsibility of LG of Delhi to take action against them,” the AAP MP said.
“I want to ask the BJP why are they punishing the people of Delhi? They took away the right to transfer the officials and now, when it comes to taking action, they (the BJP) are conspiring with the LG of Delhi. We will expose them,” he added.
BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal hit back at the ruling AAP and said that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is under the Delhi government.
“It’s not about blaming. MCD is under AAP, and that party has also been ruling Delhi for the last 9 years. Incidents like this happen every year but AAP has found no concrete solution to tackle this issue,” Khandelwal said.

The BJP MP said that those officers who are responsible for it must be severely punished to avoid repeating such incidents in the future.
“Mere sealing a few coaching institutes won’t help have a long-term solution,” he added.
Three students died after the basement of the building housing Rau’s Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar was flooded following the recent rain in the national capital.
The MCD initiated disciplinary proceedings against the executive engineer and assistant engineer of Karol Bagh Zone following the incident.
Delhi police have arrested seven persons so far, including a driver of an SUV vehicle, in connection with the case.
DCP (Central) M Harshvardhan said, “Five more persons, including the owners of the basement and an individual who drove a vehicle that appears to have damaged the gate of the building, were arrested.”
“There was no permission to carry out commercial activity in the basement,” the DCP added.
The owner and coordinator of the coaching centre were also arrested in the case. The accused have been booked for culpable homicide, among other charges.
The MCD sealed the basements of 13 coaching centres in Karol Bagh on Sunday for violating building bye-laws amid protests by students. Earth movers were used to remove encroachment over drains in Old Rajinder Nagar following student protests. (ANI)

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