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New DUSU President Yash Dabas Vows Safety Audits for All PGs, Hostels After Satya Niketan Tragedy
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News18•20-09-2026, 13:04
New DUSU President Yash Dabas Vows Safety Audits for All PGs, Hostels After Satya Niketan Tragedy
- •Newly elected DUSU President Yash Dabas prioritizes safety audits of all paying guest accommodations and hostels.
- •The decision follows the Satya Niketan building collapse that killed seven people, including five students.
- •Dabas, an ABVP candidate, won the DUSU president's post with 24,576 votes.
- •Beyond safety audits, Dabas plans to construct new hostels and a girls' hostel in every college.
- •He also highlighted ABVP's role in doubling DU's hostel bed capacity to over 12,000 since 2015.
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Newly elected Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) president Yash Dabas stated that his first priority is conducting a comprehensive safety audit of every paying guest (PG) accommodation and hostel.
The safety focus follows a tragic building collapse on September 6 in Delhi's Satya Niketan area, where a five-storey boys' PG hostel collapsed during basement repair work, killing seven people.
Yash Dabas, running on an ABVP ticket, won the DUSU presidential post by defeating NSUI candidate Vijay Shankar Meena by 2,053 votes, securing a total of 24,576 votes.
