Safety audit of all tunnels soon: Govt

New Delhi, November 28 Moments after 41 workers were wheeled out of the partially collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi, the government said the accident had taught it a lot and safety audit of all tunnels would commence soon. “This event...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 12:42 PM Nov 29, 2023 IST

New Delhi, November 28

Moments after 41 workers were wheeled out of the partially collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi, the government said the accident had taught it a lot and safety audit of all tunnels would commence soon.

“This event has taught us a lot. We will soon conduct a safety audit of all tunnels. The Himalayan strata and geology are fragile and we will have to make the best use of technology in this region,” Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said. He said it was very tough to work in the Himalayas and new solutions would have to be found.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Suggested Articles