Students preparing for the Civil Services Examination (UPSC EXAM) in the country’s capital Delhi claim that after the MCD action against illegally operating basement coaching centres, licensed libraries in Old Rajendra Nagar and its surrounding areas have reduced their fees. Have doubled it. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has taken action against buildings in Old Rajendra Nagar whose basements were being used for commercial use, including libraries.
A major accident took place on the evening of 27th July at RAU’S IAS Coaching Center located in Old Rajendra Nagar. This coaching institute was illegally using the basement of the building as a library, which got flooded due to heavy rains and three civil services aspirants died due to drowning. After this incident, MCD woke up and took action against the institutions misusing the basement.
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Pankaj, a candidate preparing for UPSC exam, told news agency PTI, ‘Earlier, library owners running libraries on the first or second floor used to charge Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000 per month, but now after the closure of many libraries, they Knowing that students have no other option, they have doubled their fees. Students who will soon appear in the (UPSC) main examination have no option. Because the rooms in which we live are so small that we cannot study comfortably there and we need to go to the library.
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Another student said students visiting libraries in areas around Old Rajendra Nagar, such as Patel Nagar, are also being asked to pay fees ranging from Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000. Earlier the fees of these libraries were around Rs 2000 to Rs 25000. Let us tell you that among the coaching institutes against which MCD has taken action in Old Rajendra Nagar, famous UPSC coach Vikas Divyakirti’s institute ‘Drishti IAS’ is also included. MCD is taking this action against institutions misusing basements across the city.
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MCD has started action against illegal libraries running in basements from July 28. Till now libraries of 19 coaching centers have been sealed. Delhi Mayor Shaili Oberoi said that many coaching centers across Delhi have flouted the building bylaws of MCD. MCD is going to take strict action on all these. If any officer is found to be complicit in this, action will be taken against him also. If a coaching center runs in the basement, there is entry and exit from two sides. But there are many coaching centers all over Delhi which are not following even a single rule.