Satya Niketan exposes Delhi’s harsh truth: Students risk lives for a future
Following a fatal building collapse in Satya Niketan, concerns have been raised regarding the safety of student housing in Delhi. The incident underscores how high demand for affordable accommodation leads to dangerous, unregulated structural modifications in student hubs.
Why it matters
It draws attention to the critical intersection of affordable housing shortages and public safety regulations in urban environments.
NEW DELHI: The collapse of a five-storey boys’ PG in Satya Niketan on Sunday has brought back a question Delhi has repeatedly failed to answer: how safe are the buildings in which thousands of students live? The building, close to Delhi University’s South Campus, was being used as paying-guest accommodation and had a basement and five upper floors. Repair work was reportedly being carried out in the basement when the structure came down around 1.30pm. By evening, five people had died and several others had been pulled out of the rubble, while rescue teams continued to search for those who could still be trapped.Delhi’s student colonies have grown faster than regulationSatya Niketan is hardly an exception. Delhi has dozens of neighbourhoods that have gradually turned into student colonies, driven by the city’s universities, coaching centres and private institutes.
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