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Sonu Sood Urges Safer Student Hostels After Delhi Collapse
A building where students lived collapsed in Delhi.
Seven people died in the accident.
Actor Sonu Sood said the tragedy shows that many students do not have safe places to live.
He said about 700,000 students study in Delhi, but hostels can house only around 30,000.
Sood suggested building hostels on unused government land near universities.
He also suggested letting universities build more rooms on their campuses.
He said this could make students safer and give parents more peace of mind.
The collapsed building had about 15 rooms, with two or three students in each room.
Actor Sonu Sood called for urgent improvements to student accommodation in Delhi after a building collapse killed seven people.
Sood said Delhi has around 700,000 students but hostel capacity of only about 30,000.
He proposed using vacant government land near universities to build safe, affordable student hostels.
Sood also suggested allowing universities to expand on-campus accommodation through additional building permissions.
The five-storey Hostel Daze paying guest accommodation collapsed in Satya Niketan around 1:30 p.m. on September 6, with rescue operations continuing through September 8.
- Who
- Actor Sonu Sood, students living in Delhi, and rescue teams were involved in the reported events.
- What
- A five-storey student paying guest accommodation collapsed, prompting Sood to call for more safe and affordable hostels.
- Where
- The collapse occurred at Hostel Daze in Satya Niketan, near the University of Delhi’s South Campus, in the RK Puram-Moti Bagh area of Delhi.
- When
- The building collapsed around 1:30 p.m. on September 6, 2026; Sood made his comments on September 8, 2026.
- Why
- Sood said Delhi’s limited hostel capacity leaves many students without safe accommodation and proposed using vacant government land and university campuses for new hostels.
Key facts
- Deaths
- Seven people had died by the morning of September 8.
- Student population
- Around 700,000 students are enrolled in Delhi, according to Sood.
- Hostel capacity
- Delhi has hostel capacity for approximately 30,000 students, according to Sood.
- Proposed locations
- Vacant government land near universities and university campuses.
- Collapsed building
- A five-storey paying guest accommodation known as Hostel Daze.
- Building occupancy
- The accommodation had around 15 rooms, with two to three students in each room.
- Collapse location
- Satya Niketan, near the University of Delhi’s South Campus, in a congested lane near a Shiv temple.
Quotes
Sonu Sood
Actor who commented on student safety and accommodation after the Delhi building collapse.
“Every year, lakhs of students leave their homes to chase a dream in another city. But are we giving them a safe place to live? In Delhi, around 7 lakh students are enrolled, while hostel capacity is barely 30,000 — just 1 in 31 gets a hostel”
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“Why not identify vacant government land around universities and allow/build safe, affordable student hostels there? Universities could also be given additional building permissions to create more on-campus accommodation.”
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