00:00Look up, what do you see?
00:01In Malwe and Agar's Pauz Rani 8Ga, the answer is hard to miss.
00:05A dense web of electrical wires and cables hanging above the streets,
00:09crisscrossing between buildings and running dangerously close to homes and businesses.
00:14On June 3rd, a devastating fire in this neighbourhood claims more than 20 lives.
00:18The cause of the place remains under investigation,
00:20but these streets draw attention to a concern that has been visible for years.
00:39Look around, wires hanging overhead, cables tangled between buildings,
00:44electrical infrastructure stretched across a densely populated neighbourhood.
00:48As temperatures soar and electricity demand rises during Delhi's brutal summers,
00:53the strain on electrical systems rises too.
00:55And in neighbourhoods packed with homes, shops, hotels and narrow lanes,
01:01even a small electrical fault can become a serious hazard.
01:04The challenge isn't just how a fire starts, it's what happens after one breaks out.
01:10Can fire and just get through?
01:11Can emergency responders reach people in time?
01:14Can residents escape?
01:16The investigation will determine what caused the Malwe and Agar fire,
01:20but the tragedy raises a larger question.
01:22How many other neighbourhoods are living with risks that everyone can see,
01:27but no one has fixed?
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