Bring PG accommodation under a Board, bar politicians from the business
An opinion piece by a student highlights the dangers of unregulated student housing in Delhi, citing a building collapse involving a politician-owned property. The author calls for a regulatory board to oversee PG accommodations and a ban on politicians owning such businesses.
Why it matters
It exposes the intersection of political corruption, lack of safety regulations, and the housing crisis faced by students in major Indian cities.
I live in a paying guest accommodation in Satya Niketan owned by a local MLA of the ruling party. On the day the building collapsed and several of my fellow students were crushed under the debris, the world I knew ended. Anxious parents waiting for news that never came. My own parents calling me again and again, voices shaking, asking if I was safe. I was. Some were not. That is the only difference between the living and the dead in this city of indifferent power.
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