00:00Seven Delhi University students who came with big dreams in the national capital,
00:05their dreams have now been buried under rubble.
00:08Arpit Judge, he was a 17-year-old from Madhya Pradesh, Devas.
00:13He studied at the Atmaram Sanatandharm College in Delhi University,
00:17and what is also important to note that he had just returned from Raksha Bandhan holiday on 5th of September,
00:24and on 6th of September is when the tragedy unfolded in which he lost his life.
00:30Akshat Yadav, he was an 18-year-old from Madhya Pradesh, Skatni,
00:33and he studied at the PGDAV College in the South Campus.
00:37He was also pulled out dead from the rubble.
00:41Yivrad Soni, he was a 20-year-old from Chhattisgarh's Durk,
00:45and he studied at the Motilal Nehru College.
00:47He also lost his life in the deadly collapse.
00:51Abhishek Kumar, 20-year-old from Uttar Pradesh Sonbhadra District.
00:55He studied at the Motilal Nehru College.
00:57He was also perished in this collapse.
01:00And Pawan Kumar, 17-year-old from Uttar Pradesh's Aurigya District.
01:04He also studied at the Motilal Nehru College,
01:07and he was also crushed to death in the deadly collapse.
01:11Let's also now understand how safe are your PG's,
01:16are these PG's which are situated in these student-dense areas in the national capital.
01:21So, the Delhi government has now swung into action.
01:26Structural audits have been ordered in key student hubs.
01:29Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has ordered the safety checks of the PG's in major student areas.
01:35Mukherjee Nagar, Rajendra Nagar, Lakshmi Nagar, Satyaniket and Saketha.
01:39These student-heavy areas will be among the key locations under scrutiny.
01:42In fact, PG's in student hubs will be audited, including these areas with high concentration of students.
01:49All PG's will face structural audits.
01:52So, these PG buildings across Delhi will be checked for their structural safety,
01:56because that was one of the major concerns that we've witnessed in this incident.
02:00And a city-wide check will be conducted.
02:04Special focus will be on the high-risk areas.
02:07In fact, structural stability will be checked,
02:09and the unsafe PG's will face sealing.
02:13So, the PG's which will be found unsafe could be sealed to protect the students and the residents.
02:19So, seven lives were lost in the Satyaniketan collapse,
02:22raising some very serious questions over the safety of student housing across the national capital.
02:28But our reporters find more danger beyond the collapsed site,
02:32from a building propped up with iron pillars to cramped student accommodations.
02:37How many more buildings are waiting to become the next disaster?
02:41Here is a reality check. Take a look.
02:53At least seven dead.
02:56A building down.
02:58And just next door, another building being held up by iron pillars.
03:05This building was evacuated on Sunday.
03:09It's tilted.
03:10The balcony is a risk.
03:13And the iron pillars are now its only visible support.
03:36This building is a building.
03:38The building of Bagal was standing in support and now this building has been shown a little
03:43bit.
03:45All of the people in this building were rescued.
03:51Look around, narrow lanes, wires criss-crossing overhead.
03:56Buildings packed wall to wall.
04:00Welcome to that one staircase that brings you to the other building.
04:04This is another building which is 111.
04:07So 110 Makan number and 111 Makan number.
04:11Forget about emergency exit.
04:13Forget about it.
04:14Even the staircase you can see they don't even have those pillars or railings.
04:20And welcome to the entrance.
04:22This is a web of wire and you can see this beam.
04:26This is just two buildings away from the building that has collapsed.
04:32Look at this beam on the ground floor and look at the ceiling.
04:39At another hostel near the collapsed site, the board has now been removed.
04:45I'll just try and show you on the camera of India today another property that is being
04:50operated by the same owner, hostel days.
04:53And over here, yet again, same story.
04:56If I could just pan the camera and you'll get an idea that this is a very small area, probably
05:02a 25 to 50 yard area in which this entire hostel has been made.
05:07And if you could look all the way up, this is a ground plus five floor building.
05:11Absolutely, absolutely illegal.
05:14There is no way that a building of such a height is allowed to be built over here.
05:21The big question, how many more tragedies will it take before we wake up?
05:27Because the next tragedy may already be in the making.
05:34With Bosme Singh, Jitendra Bahadur and Anshul Singh, Bureau Report, India Today.
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