India, Sept. 19 -- The deaths of seven young students in a Delhi PG collapse cannot be reduced to illegal construction and negligent owners. The tragedy exposes a deeper national failure: inadequate educational infrastructure, unsafe student housing and a system that too often places profit above the safety and dignity of young Indians

The tragic collapse of an illegal, multi-storeyed PG accommodation in New Delhi, which has claimed the lives of seven young people, has understandably triggered widespread public outrage.

The arrests of the owners of the killer structure are necessary and welcome, but insufficient as a remedial response, especially if such tragedies are not to recur. "Greedy for rental income, owners built extra floors," ...