Rescue operation underway after a portion of an under-construction tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway caved-in close to Magerkote in Ramban district, Friday, May 20, 2022.
Highlights
- Centre has constituted committee of three unbiased consultants to analyze the explanations for collapse
- State-owned NHAI has already initiated course of to deal with such emergency state of affairs
- Stretch between Digdole & Khooni Nallah of Ramban Banihal part is vulnerable to frequent landslide
Ramban tunnel collapse information updates: The Centre has constituted a committee of three unbiased consultants to analyze the explanations for current collapse of part of under-construction tunnel in Ramban on Jammu-Srinagar freeway and counsel remedial measures.
State-owned National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has already initiated a course of to deal with such emergency state of affairs and in addition taking all attainable measures to keep away from such incidents in future, an official assertion mentioned on Sunday (May 22).
“A committee of 3 independent eminent experts has been constituted by the central government which has already moved to the site to investigate the reasons for slide/collapse and remedial measures thereof. Further action will be taken based on report of committee,” it mentioned.
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According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) workplace order, Professor JT Sahu of IIT Delhi would be the chairman of the committee, and it’ll submit the report back to the ministry inside 10 days.
Know extra particulars about landslide inclined space:
According to the official assertion, the stretch between Digdole and Khooni Nallah of Ramban Banihal part is vulnerable to frequent landslide and taking pictures stones as a consequence of fragile geology.
Considering the strategic significance of sustaining all- climate connectivity to Srinagar and after assessing the challenges in guaranteeing stability of hill slopes on current alignment, tunnels, viaducts are proposed beneath 3 packages in Ramban-Banihal part, it mentioned.
“On 19.05.2022 around 10.30 to 11:00 PM, land slide and shooting of stones started while the execution of portal support installation work of adit at Khooni Nallah was also being done. Before workers could be moved out, suddenly huge rock mass fell above the false steel portal erected for construction of adit which caved in leading to trapping of 12 workers at that spot,” the assertion mentioned.
Rescue operation by safety forces:
Senior NHAI officers instantly reached the positioning and rescue work was instantly began by SDRF, NDRF, J&Ok Police, the assertion mentioned including two employees had been rescued instantly and had been hospitalized; and all attainable medical support is being prolonged to them.
It mentioned the trapped employees didn’t survive and our bodies of 10 trapped employees had been recovered by final Saturday night.
Those whose life couldn’t be saved are being given workman compensation and extra ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh by EPC contractor which quantities to at the very least Rs 15 lakh.
The injured are additionally being adequately compensated and as well as, the UT administration has introduced ex-gratia reduction of Rs 1 lakh.
It is but to be decided whether or not the incident occurred as a consequence of work being executed or as a consequence of pure causes, the assertion added.
The twin tube tunnel work in 4-laning from Digdole to Panthyal on Jammu-Srinagar freeway was awarded to Ceigall India Limited in JV with Patel Engineering Limited. The development work began on February 1, 2022.
(With PTI inputs)
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