The Cockroach Janta Celebration on Monday launched a listing of seven calls for, a day after the collapse of a boys’ PG in Delhi’s Satya Niketan, urging the federal government to probe the “bigger PG mafia” and construct extra hostels.
At the least seven folks, most of them college students of Delhi College, have misplaced their lives, and a number of other others have sustained accidents following the collapse of the multi-storey construction in South West Delhi. The PG owner, his wife and son have been arrested on Monday.
In a publish on X, CJP spokesperson Saurav Das urged the federal government launch compensation to the households of the deceased, whereas additionally urging for “ministerial accountability to be fastened.”
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What are the CJP’s calls for?
The CJP has launched a listing of seven calls for following the collapse of the PG constructing in Satya Niketan, based on a publish by Das.
📌CJP has requested for an “unbiased legal investigation” into not simply the proprietor, however the “nexus between the proprietor, politicians, and different individuals.” “The bigger PG Mafia must be investigated,” Das mentioned in his publish.
📌The organisation has urged an “engineering-grade” structural audit of buildings, together with faculties, faculties and lodging of scholars, in a “time- sure method.” CJP has requested for the rehabilitation of scholars and enforcement of norms “by sealing unlawful constructions and penalising the house owners.”
📌The CJP has sought a public searchable database which exhibits whether or not every scholar institution is sanctioned and secure.
📌The outfit has demanded the development of presidency hostels for Delhi College and different college students.
📌The CJP urged the federal government to launch compensation of as much as ₹1 crore for households of the deceased, and ₹20 lakh for the injured.
📌The outfit highlighted the13 district committees constituted after the Malviya Nagar resort fireplace incident on June 3, 2026, which have been tasked with figuring out, auditing, enforcement and sealing. “Publish all its information, together with its enforcement experiences, together with of Satya Niketan surveys, WITHIN 48 HOURS,” Das mentioned within the publish, whereas alleging that the committees have “turn into defunct inside 3 months”. Das mentioned “full transparency” was required as to the functioning of those.
📌In his publish, Das known as for “ministerial accountability” to be fastened. “Ashish Sood, the city growth & planning and training minister of Delhi. Why have been the 13 district committees’ work wound down underneath him?” he questioned.
Delhi HC orders ‘high-level’ MCD inquiry
In the meantime, the Delhi excessive court docket on Monday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to conduct an inquiry on the highest government degree into the incident. Whereas terming the incident as “unlucky”, the court docket noticed that prima facie, accountability for such mishaps doesn’t lie solely with the proprietor of the PG hostel but additionally extends to the college authorities and the MCD.
A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyaya and justice Tejas Karia additional directed that the inquiry shall particularly verify whether or not the collapsed constructing had been constructed pursuant to legitimate and requisite permissions, establish the officers chargeable for any lapse or failure on the a part of the authorities, and specify the motion, if any, proposed or taken towards the officers discovered chargeable for such lapses.