The
Delhi High Court on Wednesday heard a plea seeking a high-level committee to
investigate the recent deaths of three civil service aspirants in the basement
of a flooded coaching centre in the Old Rajinder Nagar area of the national
capital.
Hearing
the plea, the HC pulled up authorities saying, “Multi-storey buildings were
being allowed to operate but there was no proper drainage.” It added,
“Tragedies are bound to happen when there is no collection of taxes due to a
freebies culture. You want to have freebies culture, don’t want to collect
taxes... this is bound to happen.”
The
HC bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan also criticised that a
“strange probe” is going on as the police have taken action against the
passerby, who navigated his car through the flooded road, but not against MCD
officials.
Further,
the HC bench, comprising Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, said, authorities need to
build infrastructure but are bankrupt and can’t even pay salaries.