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This Special Report focusses on the tragic death of 27-year-old techie Yuvraj, who drowned after his car plunged into a water-filled pit in Noida's Sector 115. Sonal Mehrotra Kapur notes that Yuvraj was effectively 'murdered by the system' as he spent two hours atop his vehicle signaling for help while authorities failed to rescue him. The programme reveals exclusive details of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe, which is scanning five departments of the Noida Authority, including the fire department, police, and disaster management. The SIT, headed by the ADG, is investigating the lack of coordination and the failure to act despite a similar accident occurring at the same spot 15 days prior. Residents of Sector 150 express deep anguish, alleging that the pit contained untreated sewage and that repeated warnings about the lack of lighting and safety measures were ignored by the Noida Authority and developers.

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00:00he cried for help but rescuers froze
00:09you've Raj was murdered now he deserves justice
00:24time to hold the system accountable
00:26India today accesses explosive s.i.t. probe details
00:37who failed you Raj and who will pay
00:46hello and welcome I'm Sonal Merotra Kapoor this is five live we keep our focus on
00:56what happened with the young techie in Noida it's been nearly a week that the
01:0227 year old you've Raj and in his car plunged into an open waterfall pit in
01:07sector 115 Noida for nearly two hours the techie cried for help but atop his
01:12vehicle switched on his mobile phone flashed his light that's the last
01:15visual that we have of him desperately hoping that somebody will just go
01:19through just follow that marker barely few meters and go and rescue him nothing
01:24happened but within minutes of his father calling cops officer fire officials as
01:29well everybody arrived nobody could help at all now that tragic ordeal shook the
01:35conscience of the nation sparked calls for justice and debate as well heads began
01:41rolling hours after you Raj was effectively what we called here on the
01:45program murdered by the system the CEO of Noida authority was removed the junior
01:51engineer was sacked the builder was arrested and SIT was formed it was long
01:56overdue action against criminality or also criminally negligent system was to be
02:01done but is this enough clearly not the SIT now has to submit its report in five
02:08days today is day four tomorrow that report will be submitted to the government
02:13and then we'll see how exactly are they looking at this particular incident which is failure at
02:21different steps right from how the road was turned to how the response that came in as well but here at
02:30India today we have accessed exclusive inside details of that investigation how exactly is the
02:36UPS IT thinking on this matter so on sources are telling us at this point that five
02:42departments of Noida authority are under the scanner the SIT is questioning officials
02:48from SDRF from fire department from police personnel who were all present at the
02:57scene India today has also accessed that SIT is line of questioning sources say
03:03authorities will be asked to explain the level of coordination between different agencies and
03:08officials at the site of the tragedy further we are told the probe team will also question or
03:15perhaps has already about the response time what rescue measures were taken and what precautions
03:21were taken at the site following a similar incident involving a truck just 15 days ago
03:28so all those are the details that we are gathering at the moment arvind oja my colleague has got us all
03:36those details has been tracking all the aspects of that story especially when it comes to how noida
03:42police is thinking how SIT is going about their investigation arvind hame thoda bataye ki iske
03:49noida authority us me fire department ki team us me police us me SDRF ki team us
03:56in the ndrf ki in in sabhi logo okay top aparikari has unkate statement including
04:00ah joga noida police commissioner in the section of the government
04:01in that section of the council called a prime minister
04:02in the section of the government of the local government and the police
04:19All these people who are the top workers, including NOIDA, the police commissioner,
04:26a few days ago, the DM, which is under disaster management, was coming in front of the NOIDA
04:34authority of SIT, and a few days later, they went back.
04:39The NOIDA authority...
04:40Were they summoned?
04:41No, they were called for asking.
04:44SIT's team calls everyone to ask.
04:47They are telling you, are you all self-procure, are you self-procure, you are self-procure,
04:51all these matters are coming.
04:54The police is a absconding builder.
04:57The NBW has issued it from the port in NIRBAL.
05:00It is absconding.
05:02If we're talking about SIT, the investigation of SIT, its entire report will be kept in front of the Uttar Pradesh,
05:10Yogi Adit TINAD.
05:13But in the people's lives, there is no matter what you think about it,
05:18if there is no good work in any district or in any district,
05:22then the captain or commander,
05:26maybe the police,
05:28Lakshmi Singh will take good work.
05:31So the bad work,
05:33does the top commander take the bad work?
05:35Like Lakshmi Singh,
05:38does it take the bad work?
05:43This is the biggest problem.
05:45Or the small officers,
05:47they will end up with action.
05:50So the main focus is, especially on the Uvaraj's father,
05:54and the rest of the people who are watching this case,
05:57who want to be the judge of the Uvaraj,
06:00they will do this.
06:01Otherwise, the SIT report will not be less.
06:04We will see that the team of the SIT team is going to the spot,
06:08in all areas.
06:09And the most important thing is,
06:11that the responsibility of disaster management
06:14is due to the DM.
06:16So is there any action on the map?
06:19This is a big question.
06:20SIT has asked for the DM,
06:23and the CP has asked for the report,
06:26and the report will be submitted to the UPCM.
06:29Arvind,
06:30the most important thing is,
06:31who is being overlooked by the SIT?
06:34Because they are the department
06:37who are investigating the other department.
06:39At the end of the day,
06:40if they get out of trouble,
06:42they get out of trouble,
06:43and they get out of trouble,
06:44and they get out of trouble,
06:45and they get out of trouble.
06:46So who is part of the SIT?
06:48Is it possible to be part of the SIT?
06:51Is it possible to be part of the SIT?
06:52No, absolutely.
06:53Look,
06:54the whole incident happened,
06:57and India Today has raised this story
07:00and we have had a break on Noda 40,
07:03Noda 40,
07:04so there was an action on the UPCM.
07:06The UPCM has removed Noda's CEO
07:09which was a big action,
07:10that it has no hope for anyone.
07:12Now, the question is,
07:14the DM is,
07:15the DM,
07:16which will be the action on them,
07:18or will it not?
07:19Will it not?
07:20Will it not?
07:21Will it be the police commissioner
07:22or will it not?
07:23Will it not?
07:24The SIT is leading the ADG,
07:26who is the ADG,
07:28who is the ADG,
07:29is the head of it.
07:30No,
07:32so there are many footprints.
07:35They are too 100 people,
07:37so Inim lately
07:38Ms. Tam.
07:39So there are incredible
07:40dud ╤А╨░╤Б╤Бmaя┐╜
07:41in Noda 40,
07:43how many of the authorities
07:45are Namen really
07:47who are required to.
07:48That there you get
07:48want to go to that
07:49all the days of thealdes.
07:50We have developed
07:51that no data quote
07:53problem.
07:53That all messages
07:56how that's come,
07:58and when you have to
07:58see bees,
07:59yes,
08:00I don't know if there is no water, there is no water, there is no water, there is no water for 5 years, if the water didn't come out, that's the authority, whose budget is more than 14,000 crores.
08:13The disaster management of disaster is due to DM.
08:18If there was a accident in the Ugaraj, there was an accident, then the DM had to happen at the moment.
08:26So this investigation is done by the SIT team and the statement is done and the report will be sent to the CM.
08:34Let's hope that there will be a non-biased, unbiased report and some conclusions will be released.
08:43Thank you, Arvind.
08:46Piyush Mishra is also with us. My colleague Piyush is joined by locals in the area as well.
08:51Piyush, the question is very simple. The question is not about just this incident which hopefully will be addressed by the SIT,
08:58but how to avoid further instances like these.
09:01We've done our own reality check to understand that death traps like these are at every nook and corner in Noida.
09:07You travel anywhere even five minutes away from where the film city is, you'll find such corners, right?
09:13So what are they doing at a systemic level to fix this issue and what is the demand of the locals there?
09:20Well, that's right, Sonal, and that's the point which the locals are also raising.
09:27They are very anguished and we were also hearing to our colleague Arvind Hoja who was pointing that this pit had rainwater,
09:34but it's not rainwater. The locals here, those are with us, they are telling us that it's a sewage water.
09:39It's a sewage water and this is more shocking that untreated sewage water is being, you know, discharged here in this pit.
09:48And I would directly like to take a comment from the locals here and they are very angry.
09:52They are very anguished with the fact that despite authorities knowing that, you know, this entire area is not covered.
09:58They did not take any action, ma'am. You were telling us that this entire pit is sewage water.
10:03It's more shocking and you were also telling me that you have been reaching out to various authorities.
10:08What has been their response?
10:10Their response is nothing. They have a usual answer.
10:13Yeah, we will look into it. Yes, we are watching it. We are seeing it.
10:17They are just waiting and watching for such incident to happen, you know.
10:22You know, there is no value for a human life, you know, in front of them.
10:27And that is the reason, you know, this thing had happened.
10:29I have shown you, you know, the letters, the correspondence, the requests that we have raised,
10:34the social media channels that we used, you know, different handles, you know, to convey our messages
10:39that there should be a proper lighting out here, there should be blinkers out here, you know,
10:43especially if you come during the month of December and January, you know, when there is no visibility,
10:48zero visibility, you know. You can just imagine, you know, if you are standing in front of me,
10:53I won't be able to see you that, okay, someone is standing in front of me.
10:56Imagine what would have happened, you know, to that poor guy, you know, that night.
11:00It is really, really shameful, I would say.
11:03They are saying NOIDA sector 150 is the posh sector. I don't know what is the definition of posh here, you know.
11:09We have spent lot of money out here in buying our property or buying our flats.
11:15The authority is fooling us, the developers are fooling us.
11:18They are big time chores, I would say. That is the right word to use for them.
11:22That shows the kind of anger is there among the residents.
11:25You also live in sector 150. You have also been reaching out to authorities.
11:30Do you think that Yuvraj could have been saved?
11:33Yes, he could have been saved. Why not? See, you could have seen that he had fallen to the ditch.
11:41And he was so courageous. He came out of the car and he was at the rooftop.
11:45He did his best. He used his mind. He used his education. He used everything.
11:51And he was on top of the car. And with his mobile, he was guiding people, asking people, begging them to help me.
11:58To help me, help me and save me. But nothing could be done because of this, our government, present government running in the now.
12:06And because of this noid authority, disaster management people who could not do anything.
12:14They could have done anything. They could have used their common brain.
12:17If they had no boat, they could have made human chain. They could have used ropes. But they could have saved the life.
12:23But what is this? You are getting your money. You are getting job. You are getting tankha. You are getting paid.
12:30So you don't want to save a poor man's child. If it would have been a minister's child, it would have been a politician's child.
12:37Then you would have seen even helicopter would have come within no time. Because this is a poor man's child. Common man's child who is a taxpayer, who is paying all the dues on time, who has been squeezed morally, socially, economically.
12:55Then he had to die. So you are getting emotional. He had to die. He was made to sacrifice. He has sacrificed his life for us.
13:10The reality really cutting across over there, Piyush. Thanks so much for bringing us that entire reality over there.
13:19And I think what that lady said actually echoes everybody's sentiment over there.
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