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Following a tragic incident in the state capital, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed a massive, coordinated statewide inspection campaign targeting coaching institutes operating in violation of safety regulations and structural norms. Multi-departmental enforcement teams comprising officials from the police, district administration, local development authorities, fire services, and electrical safety departments carried out intense synchronized raids across major educational hubs including Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Meerut, and Agra. The sweeping crackdown has resulted in the immediate sealing of more than 100 coaching institutes after severe irregularities and life-threatening deficiencies were detected on their premises.
The enforcement drive intensified rapidly across multiple districts, with several administrative teams initiating inspections on Monday evening and continuing operations late into Tuesday night. Investigators focused heavily on evaluating structural safety maps, emergency exit accessibility, building layouts, and the functional status of fire-fighting equipment. The rigorous scrutiny also targeted unregistered and completely unapproved commercial establishments operating under the radar of local urban planning bodies.
The scale of non-compliance was starkly highlighted in Prayagraj, where Chief Fire Officer Chandra Mohan Sharma revealed that out of 97 registered coaching institutes in the city, a mere 15 had secured a valid Fire No-Objection Certificate. In response to these widespread lapses, the Fire Department deployed ten specialised inspection teams to systematically audit the remaining institutions. As part of this targeted action, the Prayagraj Development Authority sealed the prominent Khan Global Studies coaching centre situated in the Civil Lines area.
Simultaneously, a massive enforcement operation by the Kanpur Development Authority and local fire officials crippled illegal setups in Kakadeo, the city’s largest student hub. By Tuesday evening, authorities had sealed more than 30 institutes in the area for flagrant safety violations. Investigators discovered that the most severe infractions occurred in building basements, which had received regulatory approval strictly for vehicular parking but were illegally converted into cramped, unventilated classrooms packing hundreds of students. Similar strict measures were witnessed in Mirzapur, where nearly a dozen coaching centres were sealed for comparable structural violations.
In Varanasi, a joint task force consisting of the Varanasi Development Authority and the Fire Department initiated rigorous audits of both coaching institutes and commercial libraries. Multiple establishments were shut down after failing basic fire safety benchmarks. Varanasi Development Authority Vice Chairman Purn Bora stated that a significant number of these coaching centres were operating without legally approved building maps and in total defiance of mandatory structural standards. Administrative officials confirmed that the inspection drives are actively continuing in neighbouring districts, including Jaunpur and Chandauli to eliminate hazardous commercial study spaces across the state.
