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A building collapse in South Delhi's Satyaniketan has highlighted the severe shortage of hostel accommodations and the unsafe living conditions in student paying guest facilities across Delhi University. Following the incident, rescue operations concluded and the affected area was evacuated due to safety hazards in adjacent buildings. DU students voiced concerns over being forced into cramped and hazardous private accommodations due to insufficient college hostel seats. Students pointed out that despite hundreds of thousands studying at the university, available hostel capacity remains limited to a few thousand, with private PG rents often exceeding annual college fees. In response, student groups have demanded accountability, compensation for victims, and a time-bound safety audit of all student accommodations in Delhi.

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00:00So you can understand that one building collapse means hundreds of parents
00:04otherwise living outside Delhi are concerned for their children in similar
00:08PG accommodations. How are these students feeling like at this point are they
00:13living in fear and what is the situation like in these PG accommodations? My
00:18colleague Piyush Mishra went and spoke to some of them. Let's take a look at this
00:22ground reality check.
05:29We are here just for the benefits.
05:30We are here as an independent student body to show them that we are the voice of this
05:35Delhi University.
05:37You want this to become the key issue of your election?
05:40We think that they should bring this up, surely?
05:43But what we see is that they're constantly competing amongst themselves.
05:47They're politicizing it in a way wherein the primary goal is not to bring any sort
05:51of like relief to the students, but to focus on who is doing better.
05:54They're constantly trying to outdo one another.
05:57Now in our starting point, there are only two questions from Prasasana.
06:00First, there is a compensation with brothers and sisters.
06:04And someone who is responsible is responsible.
06:09Look, who is responsible? Who will take the responsibility?
06:12And the other thing is,
06:15we also want to show a time line.
06:20Don't talk about it in 14 days, in 15 days or in 18 days or in 21 days.
06:26There is only one time limit,
06:28so that all students and all students will be audited.
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