Old Rajinder Nagar Coaching Tragedy: ‘Trapped and Terrified’, Eyewitness Of Incident Recounts Horror
Eyewitness of the Old Rajinder Nagar coaching incident, Hridesh Chauhan narrates the incident. He said that there was almost no time to think, only one exit and the water was too Dirty to see through it. All these reasons led to the tragedy.
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00:00And he shouted that hurry up, pack your bags, pack your bags, and the water is coming very fast, the water is coming very fast.
00:07They paid attention, so they didn't pay attention, or the flow of water was so fast that we couldn't think at that time, who were sitting in the back corner.
00:16Only 10 minutes, in just 10 minutes, the entire basement was filled.
00:22The visibility of the water, you can't see it, it was dirty water, you couldn't see anything from the outside.
00:28We were studying in the library at that time, this is basic, this incident didn't happen to us at that time.
00:34Before that, 10-15 minutes ago, we were on the ground floor, above the basement, and the rain had started at that time.
00:44So I thought, my friend was with me, so I thought, let's go for tea, the weather has become a little better, let's go for tea, and then start studying.
00:54But suddenly, it started raining very heavily, so we decided, let's stay for a while, because my coaching library closes at 7 o'clock.
01:06This is the time for that.
01:08Rao's?
01:09Yes, Rao's.
01:10Their timing is made, they close at 7 o'clock.
01:13By the way, 24x7 coaching classes run in your libraries, but my library is closed at that time.
01:21We sat down at that time.
01:25It was around 6.30.
01:27So we were down at that time.
01:29At that time, one of my guards, who was upstairs at that time, came running down.
01:37And he shouted, hurry up, put on your bag, put on your bag, and the water is coming very fast.
01:46At that time, I heard it, because I was sitting in front of the main gate.
01:52So I heard it and immediately stood up.
01:55I kept my laptop inside and told my friend, let's go.
02:00When I looked ahead, there was a gate on the backside at that time.
02:03Actually, there are two gates here.
02:06So we left the main gate at that time.
02:09We left immediately.
02:10As many people as possible, we left quickly at that time.
02:14But those who were sitting behind, they had a little difficulty in leaving.
02:19So when the guard came down, did the water start coming at that time?
02:26Yes, at that time, the water did not start coming, but the water came with them.
02:31As soon as he said, hurry up, get out, hurry up, get out.
02:35So as soon as he took a step back, I looked ahead at the same time, the water had come from the backside on the stairs.
02:42The speed of the water at that time, I could not feel it at that time, but the water was on the stairs.
02:53So the other three kids...
02:55Actually, they came from the other gate, they came from the main gate.
02:58And the water I saw was on the back gate.
03:02So you are telling that they were sitting behind?
03:04Who?
03:05The three kids you are telling.
03:08Yes, those who were sitting behind, they had a little difficulty in leaving.
03:10At that time, they must not have thought because they did not see the water.
03:13The area inside is a little bigger.
03:17So those who were sitting behind, and in the library, you sit down and read, so you do not see the front.
03:23So they did not think that the water would come.
03:26They were not expecting that such fast water would come, it would come on the feet.
03:30You know how water goes, it will come on the feet.
03:33So they could not think at that time.
03:36But when we left, we found out that some people did not pay attention.
03:42So they did not pay attention or the flow of water was so fast that we could not think at that time.
03:47Those who were sitting in the back corner.
03:49There is a basement library.
03:51There is only an exit in the basement.
03:53So you understand that if there is a hole and there is only one pipe to come out, then water is coming from it.
03:59So first we reached up to save ourselves.
04:04And we were not being taken out of the coaching.
04:06We were sitting on the roof.
04:08The coaching ground floor and the road, the whole area was equal.
04:12It had come to the same level.
04:14So the coaching staff did not understand better that the children were being sent out.
04:19So then we went inside.
04:21And what you are talking about taking out, we ourselves had come out with great difficulty at that time.
04:26As soon as we left, very fast water was falling on us from above.
04:29So then we had reached.
04:32But at that time it did not take.
04:34There could have been stuck.
04:36At that time it was not taking.
04:38Because time was also taking.
04:40But let me tell you,
04:42only 10 minutes.
04:44In just 10 minutes,
04:46the entire basement was filled.
04:50Okay.
04:51So there was no time to think, sir.
04:53I am telling you more than 10 minutes.
04:57At most
04:59It must have taken 5 minutes.
05:01It took 10 minutes to fill,
05:03to overflow.
05:05But it took 3, 4 to 5 minutes to fill.
05:08And sir, the speed was so much that we were not able to get out.
05:13All of us who were stuck,
05:15actually maybe a gate was broken in it.
05:17And you know, in the library,
05:19there were many chairs,
05:21tables and study materials,
05:23lot of study materials,
05:25there was.
05:28So this flow must have happened.
05:30And the visibility of the water,
05:32you can't see, it was dirty water.
05:34You couldn't see anything from the front.
05:36So the thing that was left behind,
05:38it remained.
05:40Actually,
05:425 to 7 children were stuck at that time.
05:44So two people came up from the water flow at the same time.
05:46Right?
05:48Now there were 5 children left.
05:50So then we pulled two people from the pipe.
05:52Later, when the overflow had happened,
05:54even after that,
05:57the children who came out at the end,
05:59they said that there are some people in it.
06:01Now they are holding their feet.
06:03And we couldn't hold their feet
06:05and couldn't get out.
06:07So this thing happened last time.
06:09Then after that, we called a little.
06:11At that time, we took some reaction
06:13as much as there was time.
06:15But this happened until that time.
06:17We did this.
06:19There is nothing like that, sir.
06:21This is wrong.
06:23All the doors were open at that time.
06:26The light was cut after that.
06:28We cut the light
06:30at that time.
06:32Why did we do it at that time?
06:34Because the students
06:36were crying at that time.
06:38They were screaming.
06:40And I don't understand what they did.
06:42So your coaching staff,
06:44the system,
06:46they thought
06:48to cut the light first.
06:50Because the water had come, sir.
06:52In the whole building,
06:55so that there is no system
06:57of light.
06:59So that's why the light was cut.
07:01The story is also being told
07:03by the police that
07:05the car hit the gate
07:07and the gate was damaged.
07:09The water came inside.
07:11The car didn't hit, sir.
07:13Actually, my entry gate
07:15was outside.
07:17My entry gate is a sliding gate.
07:19Actually,
07:21it was raining heavily at that time.
07:23And outside the gate,
07:25a lot of water
07:27had been collected.
07:29From here,
07:31from the side of Waziram,
07:33the water was collected
07:35mostly in front of our coaching.
07:39And it was
07:41lack of MCT.
07:43So at that time,
07:45the water was collected
07:47to the chest.
07:49At that time,
07:52outside the gate,
07:54on the road,
07:56more than that,
07:58a car had passed.
08:00I was inside at that time.
08:02I saw it in the video later.
08:04At that time,
08:06a car had passed.
08:08It made the water flow.
08:10The speed of the water
08:12has increased because of this.
08:14The water flowed very fast.
08:16As soon as the car left,
08:18it became like a wave.
08:21At that time,
08:23it opened the gate
08:25and broke it.
08:27Then you can't stop the water.
08:29The water will fall in the place
08:31where it is visible.
08:33At that time,
08:35there were two gates
08:37going down to the library.
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