The Uttarakhand authorities has ordered a magisterial probe into the February 28 Mana avalanche incident through which eight border street development employees had been killed whereas 46 others had been rescued.
The rescue crew members after the tip of a rescue operation following an avalanche in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday. (PTI)
Chamoli district Justice of the Peace Sandeep Tiwari mentioned he has directed Jyotirmath sub-divisional Justice of the Peace (SDM) Chandra Shekhar Vashishth to submit a probe report inside 15 days.
“We have ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Chamoli incident, and the Jyotirmath SDM has been assigned as the probe officer. While I have set a 15-day deadline for the submission of the probe report, it could take longer, possibly up to a month,” Tiwari mentioned.
“Of the 46 people rescued, 36 are stable and will be discharged today. Eight workers are being treated at the army hospital in Jyotirmath, while two others are admitted at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh,” he mentioned.
The rescue operation concluded on Sunday.
Authorities on Sunday revised the overall variety of employees affected by the avalanche to 54 from the beforehand reported 55, after studying that one employee, Sunil Kumar, had left the accident web site earlier than the avalanche struck their campsite.
The huge avalanche hit the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) camp between Mana and Mana Cross between 5.30am and 6am on Friday, burying the employees who had been sleeping in eight containers and a shed. The employees had been engaged in a strategic street challenge connecting Mana, the final Indian village, to Mana Cross on the China border.
Of the eight deceased, 4 had been from Uttar Pradesh, two from Himachal Pradesh, and two from Uttarakhand. Officers mentioned the our bodies of seven victims have been dispatched to their respective locations.
Over 200 personnel from the Military, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Border Roads Organisation (BRO), Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure (NDRF), State Catastrophe Response Pressure (SDRF), district administration, and different state businesses had been engaged within the search and rescue operation.
The operation spanned three days, confronted vital challenges from the outset, with treacherous terrain, blinding snowfall, near-zero visibility and freezing temperatures on the distant web site positioned at an elevation of roughly 3,200 metres.
Thirty-three employees had been rescued by Friday evening, as rain and snowfall hampered rescue efforts. The operation was pressured to be suspended as darkness fell. As climate situations improved on Saturday morning, rescue groups resumed their efforts, pulling out 17 extra folks, although 4 of these rescued succumbed to their accidents. On Sunday, 4 our bodies had been recovered.
Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who had performed an aerial survey of the affected space on Saturday, mentioned rescuers labored on a conflict footing to avoid wasting the development employees, deploying all potential sources, together with trendy know-how and gear comparable to floor penetrating radar.
Praising the rescue groups, he mentioned it was as a consequence of their “commendable efforts” that 46 employees had been safely rescued and emphasised that “all rescued workers should get proper medical treatment.”
With February and March recognised as months with elevated avalanche danger, Dhami mentioned his authorities has issued an advisory to relocate employees from increased Himalayan areas to safer places.