Four-member committee to research Jharkhand ropeway tragedy

Express News Service

RANCHI: The Jharkhand Government on Tuesday shaped a four-member committee to research the ropeway tragedy which happened at Trikut Hills in Deoghar on April 10, claiming three lives. The committee, headed by Principal Secretary within the Department of Finance Ajoy Kumar Singh, will submit its report inside two months.

According to the notification issued by Jharkhand Tourism, Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry, the Principal Secretary within the Department of Finance, Ajoy Kumar Singh would be the Chairman. The Secretary of Tourism, Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs, Amitabh Kaushal, and representatives nominated by National Highways, Infrastructure Development Corporation and Indian Institute of Technology-ISM, Dhanbad every might be its members.

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“In addition to that an expert from any of the Institutions located in the Country could be invited by the chairman to assist him in the investigation,” mentioned the notification. As far as potential, the committee will submit its report inside two months, it added.

Notably, a collision that happened between the trolleys attributable to a technical snag within the ropeway led to the mishap placing the lifetime of 48 folks at risk. One individual was killed instantly when two cable vehicles on a ropeway collided on April 10, whereas two others misplaced their lives whereas being airlifted by IAF Helicopter through the rescue operation through the subsequent two days.

A complete of 45 individuals, together with youngsters and girls, have been rescued by totally different groups of the Indian Army, IAF, ITBP, NDRF and District Administration through the rescue operation, which continued for practically 45 hours. Two helicopters, Mi-17 and Mi-17 V5, of the Indian Air Force have been deployed for the rescue operation. 

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