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Classrooms and libraries in basements, no proper drainage facilities are some of the rampant safety violations found in several coaching centres across Delhi..
These violations were also found at Rau's IAS Study Circle coaching institute in Rajinder Nagar, where three civil service aspirants lost their lives on Saturday evening due to flooding in the basement...
The use of the basement shall be subject to clearance from the fire authorities and other statutory bodies as per the relevant provisions of the Master Plan of Delhi (MPD) 2021 and the Unified Building Bye-Laws, as amended from time to time...
As per Unified Building Bye-Laws 2016, for educational buildings (schools or colleges), a basement or cellar room may be designed, constructed, altered, converted, or used for the purpose of study or instruction, provided it meets fire safety requirements...
The coaching centre received a No Objection Certificate (NOC) earlier this month, in which clearance was given for the three-storey building, a stilt parking space beneath the building, and a basement, which was supposed to be used as a storage area...
