Uttarakhand Police have arrested three persons, including Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan suspended engineer, for alleged negligence which led to the electrocution mishap at the sewage treatment plant under Namami Gange project on the banks of Alakananda River at Gopeshwar on Wednesday which caused
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday reviewed the progress of relief and rescue works in Damkothi in Haridwar district in connection with waterlogging in the area.
A case has been registered against the company responsible for maintaining the sewage treatment plant in Chamoli, where 16 people died due to electrocution on Wednesday, said an official.
As per the officials, 16 people died on Wednesday after they came in contact with the railing of an electrified bridge above the Alaknanda River in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, on Thursday, left for Chamoli to meet the families of those killed and injured due to electrocution a day earlier on the banks of Alaknanda at the Namami Gange Project site.
"Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has given instructions to provide Rs 5 lakh to the dependents of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh to the injured without any delay," an official statement said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday spoke with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and enquired about over a dozen deaths due to electrocution in the state's Chamoli district.
Condoling the incident of Uttarakhand's Chamoli, where 15 people were electrocuted, state Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday said that orders have been given to conduct a Magisterial inquiry.
The BKTC chairman further said that Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, has also directed that every possible help should be provided to the pilgrims in case the road gets blocked during the rainy season.
Boards are put up in several places of the temple premises which read, 'Do not enter the temple premises with mobile phones; any kind of photography and videography is strictly prohibited inside the temple and you are under the surveillance of CCTV cameras'.
DM Ruhela said, "For the beautification of the Jagannath temple and the facilities for the devotees, work will be done in a planned manner by making a concrete action plan."