The late Friday night canal breach caused the collapse of banks of Rakh Branch Canal, a site very close to the project’s location. The canal breach has a width of 20 to 30 feet, due to which around 220 cusec water has accumulated at the project site.
According to initial reports, the victims have been identified as Akhtar Majeed 30, Muhammad Atif 22, Muhammad Qadeer 18, Mehmood Ahmad 30 and Muhammad Junaid. All of them were the residents of Tariqabad.
Eyewitnesses also claimed that two children were also buried beneath the heap, however no official source confirmed it.
The mega project worth Rs1.1 billion was started on special instruction of Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif. The construction was scheduled to be completed in the current month, however, slow progress has delayed the completion.
Provincial Secretary Communication and Works (C&W) Azam Suleman had expressed dissatisfaction to the project contractor and the local supervising staff.
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Dear Sir,
Reference to your above report concerning missing persons, i may inform you that three person lived in abdullahpur, one of them from Madina Town, and the last one belonged to Jhang. Please correct your report accordingly.
Regards,
Asif Javed
very very sad.& shame on our govt.
@Salman Zafar: It's sad that you would use an industrial mishap to score political points. We know that construction standards are lax in most developing countries including Pakistan. Punjab as you well know is part of a developing country but the only province in Pakistan where there is relative growth, stability and infrastructure projects. Try not to twist a tragedy to score political points because it reflects badly.
Where is our over-efficient CM now?
Any one is accountable for the deaths of these five innocent people. Or they just sacrifice there lives for some body negligence. so sad my God,R.I.P
There should be a judicial inquiry and the contractor of the project must be investigated. Did he play any role in this catastrophic incidence? Did he have any insurance about this project? Compensation should be paid out of that fund.
Very good governance....
sad