In report to road ministry, committee led by BRO ADG notes how tunnel design was changed, ventilation system modified to cut costs etc, and recommends penal action, no force majeure.
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Work on the tunnel itself is not likely to resume for three months, said NHIDCL Executive Director Sandeep Sudhera, adding that they are approaching the situation with caution.
41 workers trapped inside Uttarakhand tunnel since it partially collapsed on 12 Nov, were rescued Tuesday. Teeming with people for the past 17 days, Silkyara wore a deserted look Wednesday.
The government deserves compliments for placing a barrier between the public and the rescue mission. Or news channels would have done everything to enter the tunnel.
The chief minister also announced Rs 50,000 reward for each of the rescue workers who went inside the evacuation passage and helped the trapped labourers come out of the tunnel.
Gruelling rescue mission that hit quite a few snags carried to its end by rat-miners who burrowed through 12-15 metres of rubble and laid an evacuation pipe for trapped workers.
12 rat-hole miners have been trying to clear a path to the trapped workers, cutting and removing the debris by hand in a hazardous procedure. Workers have been trapped for 17 days.
After auger machine deployed for horizontal digging through rubble to rescue workers broke down again, vertical digging through hill above has begun. By Monday, 31m had been completed.
On the first episode of Two Much With Kajol and Twinkle, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan were confronted with another hypocrisy: age gaps. And they didn't come out looking good.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.
What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.
Wonder how such negligence was possible given multi-layered oversight. Hope some senior level heads roll.