On September 6, a five-storey boys' Paying Guest (PG) accommodation collapsed in Satya Niketan, near Delhi University's South Campus, leaving seven people dead. This video looks beyond the single building to ask how the neighbourhood reached this point. Delhi has had a formal planning system since the DDA was set up in 1957 and the first Master Plan followed in 1962. Yet Satya Niketan has grown into a dense student housing hub. Officials say the collapsed building had permission for only the ground plus first floors. Ayush Anilal, an architect, studied the area for his thesis. He explains how intensely…
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Rahul Vinay is a filmmaker and visual storyteller at Oorvani Foundation. He works primarily with video, using the medium to report and tell stories about cities and the people who live in them. His work spans short-form reporting, visual explainers and longer-form stories on urban life and civic issues.