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.
Around 1,80,224 hectares of agricultural land and 15,109 hectares of land under horticultural farming have been inundated due to floods in the state.
The devastating floods, triggered by record rainfall, have led Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha to urgently seek assistance from the central government, including the deployment of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams.
Besides, five more persons sustained severe burn injuries as they were exposed to the outdoors during the lightning strike.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and local authorities are on the ground, working against the clock in challenging conditions.
Rescue workers from the Army, Navy, and NDRF are searching under collapsed roofs and debris for victims and possible survivors of the landslides.
