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BJP MP Anil Baluni escapes boulder crash on way to Uttarakhand tunnel site
BJP MP Anil Baluni escapes boulder crash on way to Uttarakhand tunnel site
Garhwal MP Anil Baluni narrowly escaped injury after a boulder crashed onto his Innova near Totaghati on the Rishikesh-Badrinath highway. He was travelling to inspect the under-construction THDC tunnel at Pipalkoti in…
The Story in Brief
Garhwal MP Anil Baluni narrowly escaped injury after a boulder crashed onto his Innova near Totaghati on the Rishikesh-Badrinath highway. He was travelling to inspect the under-construction THDC tunnel at Pipalkoti in Chamoli where a landslide had trapped workers a day earlier. Baluni continued his journey in another vehicle.
The tunnel accident on August 14 killed seven workers and trapped 22 others. Nineteen were rescued. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the site and the hospital where the injured were treated. The state has placed Chamoli under a yellow alert for heavy rain and landslides.
The Indian Opinion
The narrow escape of an MP rightly makes news, but the bigger story is the recurring pattern of infrastructure disasters in the Himalayas. Every tunnel collapse or blocked highway draws cameras, but the underlying geology and unregulated construction get forgotten. The yellow alert is a reminder that nature will keep pushing back. The concrete test here is not the next VIP visit but the structural audit of all ongoing tunnelling projects in Uttarakhand: how many will pass?.
Sources (2): ndtv.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
