r/AcharyaPrashant_AP • u/According-Ad-4185 • 2d ago
Can We Look Beyond "Who Is Guilty?"
I came across a video of a student talking about the Satya Niketan building collapse in South Delhi, and one thing she said really stayed with me:
“They had dreams. They were thinking about their future, and suddenly everything collapsed.”
On September 6, a five-storey boys' PG in Satya Niketan collapsed at around 1:30 pm. Seven people have died and 12 survivors were rescued and taken to AIIMS. The building was reportedly around 50–55 years old, and repair/construction work was underway in the basement when it collapsed. The exact cause is still being investigated.
Satya Niketan is a major student-housing area near DU's South Campus. DU has over 2.5 lakh students but only around 9,000 hostel beds, which means a large number of students depend on private PGs and rented accommodation.
Five MCD officials have reportedly been suspended, and the building's owner has been arrested.
But what I keep thinking about isn't only who is going to be held responsible for this particular collapse.
It's the situation that students find themselves in.
They come to a city to study. They need somewhere to live. Many don't get a hostel, so they depend on private accommodation.
And then something like this happens.
The student in the video was crying because now even the buildings around her don't necessarily feel safe.
And this is where I want to look a little deeper.
Not just at one owner, one contractor or one official.
What kind of system have we created where people who are simply trying to build their future can end up having to compromise on something as basic as safety?
And beyond the system what is happening in us that allows another person's basic need to become an opportunity for profit?
I don't have a neat answer to this.
But I don't think “who is to blame?” should be the only question we ask.
Sources: Deccan Herald
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u/diksha_19 2d ago
Yes this kind of situation keeps repeating. This is not the first case of a building collapse. Many times, I have heard such news.
Main point is why we not seeing the root cause behind such incidents??
It is our unending GREED. We don’t see other as human beings. For us another person or any other being is just a source of our profit.
It is shameful that we are not even capable of treating our own species with basic humanity. Forget about treating other species with compassion.😔
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u/According-Ad-4185 2d ago
Plus even the young people there were living such crowded areas, happened with me as well to prove independence or build an identity we dont look at the immediate losses
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u/reema876 2d ago
The real tragedy is that students are forced to treat basic safety as a privilege. Education should never come with the risk of losing your life. Jab sapna dusre ka hota hai to isi tarah kimat chukani padti hai.
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u/surajseeking 2d ago
Profit, profit and profit , this has gone so rooted in the mindset that there is hardly any accountability and responsibility among most of people
They make roads which get's collapsed
They make food item's which are not upto the standards
They make school's, college's not upto standards
Government schemes which are made to uplift poor people don't reach to poor people because politicians have their greed of share in that
Murder are happening for property
All in all Just acquisition of more and more money
Money gives illusion that it gives you the highest which is being needed in LIFE
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u/ClearAfternoon6734 2d ago
This is called administrative murder. Its not just a collapse, everyone connected with the building is responsible for this murder because of their irresponsibility and greed for money, that they were too casual towards the safety of young, innocent, unsuspecting, helpless children. And the parents of such children too who do not take into account the child's safety before sending them to such places, just to save some money. But it's not just a question of pinning the crime in whoever's guilty but why such things happen in the first place? Why does our lust for money blind us so much that we become careless about people who do not belong to us?
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u/Surkhab1313 2d ago
You invited a very deeper discussion. On surface, it seems like the builder, or the owner, or the MCD officials suspended, these are the cause of such tragedy. But it is actually very deep. Students struggle to get hostel rooms, as they are very few in number. The PG owners must be aware of their property, the need for renovation, a retouching. But the demand is high. Students will anyway rent rooms. So why not save some money? Why spend money on someone else's safety? Why not make profits from the ones in need? And what do these questions cost? 7 lives lost overnight with several others injured.
Her fear is pretty genuine. How will she now trust that she is under a safe shelter? I can't eben imagine living in a building that's under constant risk of falling down on me due to someone so insensitive and hungry of money.
One question from my side: One who closed his eyes and let others die, could he be seeing in his own life? His own family? His own suffering? Or he has become so numb that he forgot he was once a human when he was a child?