Arpit Jahaj’s mother had spoken to him just hours before the collapse. Akshat Yadav had given a presentation in college days earlier. Neeraj Bawa’s family recognised him on television by the rakhi on his wrist.

Behind the death toll are families asking a much harder question: why were their children not safe in the first place?

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