NHRC issues notices to Delhi govt, municipal commissioner

New Delhi: The NHRC has issued notices to the Delhi government, city police chief and municipal commissioner in connection with the deaths of three civil services aspirants in the basement of a coaching centre here.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) sought a detailed report from them in two weeks, a statement said.

The Delhi chief secretary has also been asked to get a thorough survey done to ascertain the exact number of such institutes and coaching centres running in violation of the prescribed norms across Delhi. Every detail of such institutes, including complaints pending against them and action taken by the department concerned, is to be mentioned in the report, the statement issued by the NHRC said.

The NHRC said it has “taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that three students drowned in the flooded basement library of a prominent civil services coaching centre in Delhi on July 27”.

The news reports indicated that many complaints regarding waterlogging were made

to the authorities, but “no action was taken”.