Overview
- A five-storey building used as paying-guest accommodation in Satya Niketan near Delhi University collapsed around 1:30 pm on Sunday, September 6, killing seven people and injuring others.
- Rescue teams from the NDRF, Delhi Fire Service, police and civic agencies worked for more than a day and declared operations over after pulling 11 survivors from the rubble.
- Police registered an FIR and arrested members of the family that ran the PG, and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi suspended five officials and ordered immediate sealing of illegal buildings above four floors.
- Officials and the chief minister cited basement repair work and water accumulation in the old structure as likely contributors and investigators are examining contractors, operators and construction records.
- The High Court has ordered MCD to inspect all PG hostels within a week, a response that highlights long‑standing shortages of university hostels and could lead to mandatory audits, new rules for PG registration and demolition or sealing of unsafe buildings.