Corruption, negligence of administration responsible for Chamoli tragedy:Congress

Friday, 21 JULY 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN

The leader of opposition (LoP) in State assembly, Yashpal Arya has said that 16  people who died due to electrocution in the sewage treatment plant built under Namami Gange project in Chamoli district have become victims of corruption and negligence of the administration.  He said that the government should register a criminal case and ensure that the guilty are punished.

On Thursday the LoP visited the hospital in Gopeshwar to meet the injured.

He also participated in the funeral of the dead and offered floral tribute to the deceased. He said that the first priority of the government should be to save the lives of the injured by giving them the best treatment.  Arya demanded that a high-level inquiry should be conducted into the accident in the STP. 

“The administration should have been alert when the employee on duty had died of electrocution on Tuesday night. The death of 16 people on Wednesday morning due to electrocution clearly shows the negligence of the administration.  A case of murder should be registered against all those responsible for inspection and maintenance of the STP,’’ he said. 

Arya demanded that the state government should give Rs 25 lakh financial compensation and a job to the families of the deceased.