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.
As a result of the cloudburst the entire suburb was flooded with a thick mass of water and muck.
Reacting to the incident, the Opposition Congress alleged that the bridge collapse had exposed the rampant corruption that was carried out in the name of the ‘Gujarat Model’.
A total of 254 victims of the crash were identified through DNA matching, while six were identified through facial recognition, Medical Superintendent of Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Rakesh Joshi said.
The explosion triggered a blaze which spread to the adjoining building and caused the collapse of the three-storeyed structure, leaving several trapped under the rubble.
Air India on Friday confirmed that 241 people lost their lives in yesterday's crash of the ill-fated AI171 aircraft, which was en route to London from Ahmedabad, while one person survived.
