- DUSU President Yash Dabas demands PG and hostel safety audits.
- Calls for new girls' hostels and dedicated DU student helpline
- Demands follow the tragic Satya Niketan building collapse incident.
The newly elected Delhi University Students Union President, Yash Dabas, demanded the safety audit of every PG accommodation and hostel days after the Satya Niketan incident. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad member will be further demanding girls' hostels and a dedicated helpline number for Delhi University (DU) students.
"First, we want safety audits conducted for every PG and hostel, followed by the construction of new hostels. We want a girls' hostel in every college for every one of our sisters. We have also been consistently demanding the launch of a dedicated helpline number," he told news agency ANI.
Yash Dabas won the president post on Saturday with 24,576 votes, defeating NSUI's Vijay Shankar Meena, who secured 22,523 votes. The RSS-backed organisation has also won the secretary and joint secretary posts in the 2026 Delhi University Elections.
Yash is a resident of Kanjhawala, Delhi, and has completed his graduation from Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi. He is currently pursuing his studies in the Department of Buddhist Studies, University of Delhi.
The Satya Niketan incident
Dabas’ demand on hostel and PG safety comes after a five-storey building housing a boys’ paying guest hostel in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area, near Delhi University’s South Campus, collapsed on September 6.
The illegal PG accommodation named “Hostel Daze” collapsed at around 1:30 pm while repair work was being carried out in the basement and ground-floor areas. Seven people were killed in the incident, including five students, while several others were injured. A rescue operation continued for roughly 27 hours.
The building was reportedly decades old, and questions were raised about unauthorised construction and building-safety oversight. The MCD also sealed an adjoining structure that was found to be in poor condition.
Satya Niketan is a major student-housing hub around DU South Campus, where many students live in private PGs and rented accommodations. Students prefer staying in Satya Niketan due to the close proximity to campus. However, the PG collapse has triggered wider questions about student safety on campus.
Since the building collapse, student organisations have included student housing, structural safety, unauthorised construction, affordability and civic regulation in their manifesto.