MCD initiates action against coaching centres flouting norms

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has initiated action against coaching centres flouting norms and will set up a high-level committee to probe the Rau’s IAS Study Circle basement flooding incident that resulted in three deaths, MCD officials have said.

Establishments running illegally from the basement have been identified and a drive to take action against them has started, an official said.

The MCD last year conducted a survey of such coaching centres after a massive fire broke at an institute forcing many to jump off the building to escape the blaze. To begin with, the survey will be used to identify those flouting norms, the official said.

Another official said the MCD and the Delhi government are in talks and a high-level committee will soon be will set up to look into the incident in central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area.