Govt forms high-level committee to probe Sikkim tunnel disaster
The committee has been directed to submit its findings and recommendations to the competent authority within 15 days.
The committee has been directed to submit its findings and recommendations to the competent authority within 15 days.
Officials said slabs, support piers and shuttering structures crashed down around 2 am after strong winds and severe weather battered the region, triggering panic at the construction site. An urgent rescue operation was launched involving SDRF teams, police and district authorities.
A total of 36 workers had suffered severe burn injuries in the April 14 boiler explosion at the plant in Singhitarai village of Sakti district.
At least forty people were killed and many others injured after an explosion at a bar in the Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana in Switzerland during New Year celebrations.
At least nine passengers died after a bus overturned in Andhra Pradesh’s ASR district. Injured passengers were taken to Bhadrachalam Hospital. Leaders expressed grief.
According to the latest cumulative loss report issued by the Revenue Department's Disaster Management Cell, 229 deaths were directly linked to rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, drowning, electrocution, and house collapses.
On Monday, Shobha (56), a resident of Vandoor, Malappuram, also succumbed to the disease at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital.
Over 2,000 people were killed by earthquakes in Afghanistan, and over 3,600 were injured, according to the Taliban government on Thursday, as per media reports.
The FIR in this incident at the Patte Shah Dargah has been registered against unknown persons by the police under section 290 (negligent conduct in building-related activities), 125 (endangering human life or personal safety) and 106 (Causing Death by Negligence) of the BNS, as per officials.
District-wise data shows that Mandi (26 deaths), Kangra (28), and Kullu (11) were among the worst-affected in rain-triggered disasters. Among the deaths, 133 were deaths reported in rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, drowning, and electrocution, and another 124 fatalities in road accidents,.
