Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia
New Delhi:
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today ordered inspection of all swimming pools in the national capital, after a 13-year-old boy drowned in the swimming pool of a government school in Delhi.
"Inspect each and every swimming pool in Delhi," Mr Sisodia said, adding that the direction applies to both government and non-government swimming pools.
The Deputy Chief Minister, in a tweet, said the District Magistrate (DM) and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of the area will carry out the inspection work.
Mr Sisodia's decision came after Mukul Sharma, a Class-VIII student of DAV Public School in Dayanand Vihar, drowned in the swimming pool of a government school in East Delhi's Farsh Bazar area in Delhi.
The boy had gone to Delhi government-run Babu Ram School to learn swimming along with his cousin Vikas on May 22 when the incident took place.
Police have registered a case against the life guards present at the swimming pool for alleged negligence, which they said led to the boy's death.
"We have registered a case under Section 304(A) against two life guards - Bhaskar Kaushik and Jai Singh. Further investigations are underway," the police had said.
"Inspect each and every swimming pool in Delhi," Mr Sisodia said, adding that the direction applies to both government and non-government swimming pools.
The Deputy Chief Minister, in a tweet, said the District Magistrate (DM) and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of the area will carry out the inspection work.
Mr Sisodia's decision came after Mukul Sharma, a Class-VIII student of DAV Public School in Dayanand Vihar, drowned in the swimming pool of a government school in East Delhi's Farsh Bazar area in Delhi.
The boy had gone to Delhi government-run Babu Ram School to learn swimming along with his cousin Vikas on May 22 when the incident took place.
Police have registered a case against the life guards present at the swimming pool for alleged negligence, which they said led to the boy's death.
"We have registered a case under Section 304(A) against two life guards - Bhaskar Kaushik and Jai Singh. Further investigations are underway," the police had said.
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