Krishnaswamy kasturirangan, Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

The Delhi government will bring a law to regulate coaching centres in the city, cabinet minister Atishi said on Wednesday, days after three IAS aspirants drowned in the flooded basement of an institute in Old Rajinder Nagar.Addressing a press conference, the minister said the government will constitute a committee comprising government officials and students from different coaching hubs to frame the law."The law will have provisions for infrastructure, qualification of teachers, fee regulation and preventing misleading advertisements. Public feedback will also be sought," she said."Interim inquiry report has come and by MCD also a preliminary report has been submitted. 2 key things that came to light regarding the coaching centre incident, were, the drain which is the reason for the waterlogging in that area, it was encroached upon by all the coaching centres there because of which water was not going down the drain," said Atishi."The other thing is, the way coaching centres were running classes in the basement and libraries were set up, was 100% illegal...the Junior Engineer who was responsible for the drain there and to ensure there was no encroachment happening, that Junior Engineer was permanently terminated from MCD. The Assistant Engineer was suspended...magisterial report will come in 6 days and those who will be found responsible, strict action will be taken against them...the coaching centres which had encroached upon drains, those illegal encroachments have been bulldozed...the coaching centres that are running classes in the basement and set up libraries, strict action is being taken against them since last 3 days," she added.Also Read | Delhi Coaching Centre Incident: MCD Seals 29 Basements of Institutes Following Deaths of 3 UPSC Aspirants.Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi said, "We will listen to the demands of the students, we will hold a meeting with them soon and after that, we will pass that regulation in the Delhi Assembly."Atishi said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has cracked down on coaching centres using basements in violation of laws."Basements of 30 coaching centres in Rajinder Nagar, Mukherjee Nagar, Laxmi Nagar and Preet Vihar have been sealed while notices have been issued to 200 other coaching centres," she said.She said the report of the magisterial probe into the Old Rajinder Nagar incident will be submitted in the next six days. "Strict action will be taken if any officers are found guilty in the incident. Illegal building use led to the Old Rajinder Nagar tragedy," she said.The probe will also ascertain which officer ignored a complaint sent to the MCD by an IAS aspirant about the illegal use of the basement at Rau's IAS Study Circle, where the three students died, according to Atishi. The magisterial inquiry will ascertain which officer was incharge of the grievances portal where the complaint was uploaded and how it was ignored," Atishi said.A civil services aspirant from Gwalior had on Monday claimed that he had complained to the MCD about the illegal use of the basement by the institute and sent reminders on July 15 and 22 but no action was taken in the matter.

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