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| Govt ignores Jammu ropeways, no value for human life! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 20: In yet another case of discrimination with the Jammu region, the ropeways erected by the government for public use over the years have been ignored for proper maintenance and safety standards thereby risking public life.
In less than six months of a deadly ropeway accident in Jammu city, in the latest schoolchildren had a narrow escape when a ropeway in the countryside developed snag in Udhampur area.
Four children had got stuck in ropeway cradle over Jammu's Tawi river. Witnesses said the children were crying helplessly for four hours till they could be finally rescued.
The children were left stranded midway over the fast-flowing river on the way to their school in Pattangarh village, 33 km from Udhampur.
Witnesses said as the children reached midway over the river, the system broke down, leaving them hanging in the cradle for hours altogether.
Luck seems to have favored the children otherwise the incident could have proved a tragedy.
In January, two workers were killed and four others were injured after a cable car of the Jammu ropeway project where work is going on crashed during a mock rescue drill, days before it was likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Police had said the crash took place due to some technical snag near Mahamaya temple.
The executing agency was conducting a mock rescue drill and due to imbalance, one of the trolleys carrying six workers fell down.
But the biggest question is that why does the government take Jammu for granted. "Everything that concerns Jammu or the people of Jammu is a mong the least priorities for those at the helm. We the people of Jammu have been taken forgranted by successive regimes," said Praveen Kumar a resident of Jammu.
Meanwhile the people of Jammu have sought an inquiry into the matter and also inspection of the ropeways installed in the region. "We too have life, government shouldn't take us forgranted," said a Jammuite. |
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