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Delhi LG Reviews Campus Security and Directs Enhanced Safety Measures
- •Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu held a high-level meeting with academic heads and senior officials to review student safety in Delhi.
- •Authorities were directed to strengthen police patrolling, eliminate dark spots, and integrate CCTVs along approach roads.
- •The measures follow recent incidents including a gang-rape case in Kalkaji and a fatal PG building collapse in Satya Niketan.
- •Comprehensive safety audits of student accommodations and improved last-mile transport connectivity were also ordered.
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Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu directed authorities to strengthen multi-agency coordination, which includes enhanced police patrolling, elimination of dark spots, CCTV integration on approach roads, better last-mile transport connectivity, and safety audits of student accommodations.
The security review follows a gang-rape case involving a 17-year-old girl in a Kalkaji park and the tragic collapse of a paying guest accommodation building in Satya Niketan on September 6, which resulted in the deaths of five students among seven total fatalities.
The meeting was attended by vice-chancellors and directors of Delhi government universities, along with senior officials from the Delhi Police, Public Works Department, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, and the transport department.
