MCD to open new public libraries, name them after deceased UPSC victims
New Delhi Three UPSC aspirants drowned in a basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle during heavy rainfall on July 27. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will establish four public libraries in student hubs and name them after the four victims of waterlogging and electrocution deaths that took place in two separate incidents over the past month, mayor Shelly Oberoi said. Three UPSC aspirants drowned in the basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle in Old Rajendra Nagar on July 27 and another aspirant was electrocuted on coming in contact with an iron gate on a waterlogged road that had a loose live wire in Patel Nagar on July 23. In a letter to the municipal commissioner, Oberoi said that following the deaths, many students preparing for competitive exams raised the issue of a lack of public libraries in the Capital, citing heavy membership fees charged by private ones. “At least four public libraries may be established by the MCD in the name of deceased students at Rajendra Nagar, Mukherjee Nagar, Patel Nagar and Ber Sarai.
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