Parliament Winter Session: The Chief of Congress within the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, cornered the Central authorities on Tuesday over the difficulty of the Silkyara tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand. Talking in Lok Sabha through the winter session of Parliament, Chowdhury mentioned that the form of scenario that occurred in Uttarkashi may have been averted if the federal government had been somewhat affected person with these geologists who had earlier red-flagged that these sorts of tunnels could possibly be disastrous.
Whereas talking within the decrease Home of Parliament, the Congress chief mentioned that 41 employees had been trapped contained in the tunnel in Uttarkashi, and that scenario nonetheless haunts us. He additionally make clear the explanations for the incident cited by the consultants, which embrace fractured or fragile rock, water seepage, a landslide-prone Himalayan rock system, an absence of geological and geotechnical research, an improper research of the CR zone, and a failure to design an escape tunnel.
Chowdhury additional said that rat gap miners had been engaged to rescue these labourers on the final second. Persevering with his assault on the Cetral authorities, Chowdhury mentioned that the federal government continues to be not responding to such an incident, and there may be an ambiguity and contradiction within the assertion of the media and the assertion made by the involved minister.
“I want to converse on the Silkyara tunnel rescue. 41 employees had been trapped for 17 days within the tunnel. I might additionally prefer to report the current incidents of collapse within the Himalayas happening… The explanations which have been cited by the consultants are fractured or fragile rock, water seepage, a landslide-prone Himalayan rock system, an absence of geological and geotechnical research, an improper research of the CR zone, and a failure to design an escape tunnel. On the final second, rat gap miners had been engaged to rescue these labourers. I really feel that this sort of scenario, which occurred in Uttarkashi, may have been averted offered the federal government had taken somewhat persistence with these geologists who had earlier red-flagged that these sorts of tunnels could possibly be disastrous, however the authorities continues to be not responding to such an incident,” Chowdhury mentioned, as quoted by ANI.
#WATCH | Chief of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says, “I want to converse on the Silkyara tunnel rescue. 41 employees had been trapped for 17 days within the tunnel. I might additionally prefer to report the current incidents of collapse within the Himalayas happening…The explanations… pic.twitter.com/TMRg5fCdYo
— ANI (@ANI) December 12, 2023
Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse
On November 12, the labourers had been trapped after a portion of the under-constructed tunnel, a part of the formidable Char Dham all-weather street undertaking of the central authorities, collapsed about 30 km from the district headquarters of Uttarkashi.
The rescue groups accomplished the operation, which lasted over 400 hours after steady efforts, as they encountered a number of obstacles over the weeks. After the evacuation was accomplished, ambulances ferried the rescued employees to a neighborhood well being centre, the place a particular 41-bed ward had been ready for his or her arrival.