00:00Seven lives lost and Delhi is searching for answers, accountability.
00:07The living condition of hostels in Satya Niketan is pathetic.
00:12It's deeply concerning and above all, it gives you a sense
00:16that how difficult it is being a student in South Delhi campus.
00:22Because most of these students come from small towns of India.
00:25They come to Delhi to fulfill their dreams of studying in Delhi University.
00:30But because of the limited option of hostels, what they are seeing is,
00:35just look at this, parents taking their daughters back home.
00:40This is the story of Satya Niketan today.
00:43Earlier today I spoke to several such students to get you a sense of maze
00:48of hostels that is there in and around this area.
00:52And why does it take a tragedy for questions to be raised around inspection,
00:58open violation of the bylaws and also accountability and action.
01:04The Delhi Chief Minister says action has been taken.
01:08But what appears certainly is a belated and a delayed action.
01:13Could those lives have been saved is the larger question.
01:22A phrase parents often repeat when their children say they want to leave home
01:28to chase their dreams in the colleges of the national capital.
01:35But the struggle does not end at all.
01:38It begins the moment they arrive here.
01:43Searching for a roof over their heads,
01:46trawling through cramped lanes and crowded neighbourhoods.
01:53Looking for one thing, a safe place to live.
01:58And when they finally find one,
02:01they pay thousands every month for that safety.
02:05But is it really safe?
02:09The collapse of a PG in the heart of the student hub
02:13has raised a chilling question.
02:15What is the cost of chasing an education dream?
02:20And more such sight is now visible in Satya Niketan,
02:24which continues to be the hub of students.
02:28Now most of these students are leaving this,
02:30they are vacating their PGs and heading home,
02:33though temporarily.
02:34Varsha?
02:35Yes, ma'am.
02:36Q?
02:38Ma'am, it's no more safe.
02:41If it was a home, far away from a home,
02:44but still,
02:46how do we know how to sleep tomorrow night?
02:48You know, we haven't come to sleep.
02:50After watching, we have to see it all.
02:51You know, the inspection of the government
02:53is a lot of different things.
02:56So where are you going to be?
02:59I am from UP, Haryana.
03:02And now you will be moving out temporarily?
03:05What options do you have?
03:07We are going to be 20 hours.
03:07We are going to be 20 hours.
03:08We are not going to be safe here.
03:10So we are going to be going to be safe here now.
03:11And what is it that we can't leave PGs?
03:14We can't leave PGs because there is an agreement for 11 months.
03:16We will not give any security fees.
03:18Where are you going to be?
03:20Are you going to be taking bags?
03:21We are going to be going to our relatives' home.
03:24I will leave my home to Lakhnau.
03:26Move to Lakhnau.
03:27For how long?
03:28Till when is Venkatesh shut?
03:31Or other campuses, till when are they shut?
03:33Are you going to be safe here?
04:03What did your parents tell you?
04:06My parents said he said go and check them.
04:09Because I am alone and nobody is here alone.
04:14We were in New говоряism.
04:15How do we sleep?
04:16No.
04:18I am not sleeping.
04:19I didn't see it.
04:20I saw the terrace so many times,
04:22I saw the side and I saw it.
04:24I was like, I was like...
04:30We are hardly 300 meters away from the collapse site.
04:34And we have someone who is standing with a bag
04:37and her cab has already come.
04:39You live in one of the PG's here?
04:40Yes, yes.
04:41What happened? What do you know?
04:43And how much do you pay?
04:45And where were you yesterday when the collapse happened?
04:47I was here only since it was Sunday yesterday,
04:49so most of us were in our PG.
04:52I was not aware during the collapse
04:53because I stayed a little far away from the building.
04:55I got to know from my friends
04:57because they were constantly calling me
04:58to ensure whether I'm safe or not.
05:00So, later I got to know about the collapse and everything.
05:03So, by the time I got to know,
05:04the teams were already there,
05:06police officers were already there,
05:07they were evacuating,
05:08they were trying their best to bring the students out of it.
05:11And then, since then,
05:13the atmosphere of this area has become a little damp
05:16and a little saddening also.
05:17So, my parents are also worried,
05:19so they have asked me to move to my uncle's place
05:21for my own safety.
05:22Concerned? Worried?
05:24A little concerned.
05:25When do you come back?
05:26Let's see.
05:27I am not sure now.
05:29You're not sure?
05:30Yeah.
05:31You might just move out of this PG.
05:33How many...
05:34In your PG, there are how many apartments
05:36or how many rooms
05:38which are out on rent?
05:39Four floors and...
05:41In each floor we have two to three...
05:43Four to five rooms.
05:47They're leaving now.
05:49Going back home.
05:51Away from these buildings.
05:53Away from the fear.
05:59But many of them will have to return.
06:02They will have to come back to the same city.
06:05Same cramped lanes and a maze of buildings
06:09where audits, inspections and accountability
06:13can often remain missing.
