| Two killed, four injured in Jammu cable car mishap | | Guv Orders magisterial inquiry, announces Rs. 5 lac ex gratia; Ganai, CS visit injured | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 20: Two workers were killed and four others sustained injuries on Sunday after a cable car of the under-construction Jammu ropeway project crashed, police said.
The crash took place due to some technical snag near the Mahamaya temple this evening, a police official said.
According to preliminary information, incident took place when one of the cable cars got detached and crashed, resulting in the death of one of the workers on the spot and injuries to five others, he said. He added that the injured were rushed to Government Medical College and Hospital, where one of them, who was stated to be critical, succumbed to injuries.
All six were aboard the cable car when the crash took place, the police official said. The Jammu ropeway project, planned to boost tourism in the winter capital, is likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 3.
Rakesh Kumar Ram of Bihar (fitter) died on spot while Hari Kishan Yadav of West Bengal succumbed to injuries during treatment at GMC&H and injured have been identified as Ravinder son of Osama of Uttar Pradesh, Manjeet Singh of West Bengal, Lovely son of Kuldeep Singh of West Bengal and Balkirat Singh (Mechanical Engineer) of Jammu.
The 1.66-km-long cable car project has two phases, first from Bahu Fort to Mahamaya Park and second from Mahamaya to Peer Kho over the Tawi river, with a total length of 1,118 metres.
Governor, Satya Pal Malik has expressed grief over the loss of precious lives in Jammu Gandola trial run mishap at Mahamaya this evening in which two labourers lost their lives and described the incident as tragic and unfortunate.
The Governor has prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls and sympathised with the bereaved families.
The Governor has also announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs 5 lakh to the Next of Kin of those killed in the mishap. He also directed the divisional administration to provide free of cost medical treatment to those who were injured in the mishap.
The Governor has ordered a magisterial inquiry to be conducted to know the causes of the incident.
Meanwhile, on the instructions of the Governor, Advisor Khurshid Ahmed Ganai and Chief Secretary B V RSubramanyam visited the injured in the Hospital late this evening and wished them a speedy recovery.
The Chief Secretary also visited the accident site and took stock of the situation. He directed the Police to sanitise the entire area to prevent any further mishap.
Meanwhile National Conference Provincial President Jammu Mr Devender Singh Rana on Sunday expressed shock and deep grief over the tragic Jammu Gandola mishap at Mahamaya and sought a judicial inquiry by a sitting High Court Judge into the incident. |
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