Archive · 19 Sep 2026
After Satya Niketan Collapse, DUSU Demands PG Safety Audits
After the Satya Niketan collapse, DUSU President Yash Dabas raised concerns about student housing safety.
He said every paying guest accommodation and hostel should receive a safety audit.
A safety audit checks whether a building is safe.
He also wants new hostels to be built.
Dabas said every college should have a girls’ hostel.
He described female students as needing safe housing options.
He also repeated a demand for a dedicated helpline.
The report does not say when these demands will be acted upon.
DUSU President Yash Dabas called for safety audits of every PG and hostel.
Dabas said safety audits would be the students’ first demand.
He also called for construction of new hostels.
He demanded a girls’ hostel in every college.
Dabas renewed demands for a dedicated helpline number.
- Who
- Yash Dabas, president of DUSU.
- What
- He demanded safety audits for all PG accommodations and hostels, new hostels, girls’ hostels at every college, and a dedicated helpline.
- When
- The timing of the demands was not specified.
- Where
- The demands concern PG accommodations, hostels, and colleges; the report references the Satya Niketan collapse.
- Why
- The demands were raised in response to concerns highlighted by the Satya Niketan collapse.
- Speaker
- Yash Dabas, DUSU president
- First demand
- Safety audits for every PG and hostel
- Hostel construction
- Construction of new hostels
- Girls’ housing
- A girls’ hostel in every college
- Helpline
- A dedicated helpline number
- Source
- News agency ANI