According to police, an FIR was registered against eight people on Tuesday, a day after violent protests in Katra in which a policeman got injured. The protest was organised against the proposed ropeway project along the trek to the Vaishno Devi shrine.
The administration assured protesters of holding talks with different stakeholders, including shrine board officials, to address their concerns about losing employment, following which the protesters called off their strike.
PM Modi said that India will become a model of development in five years and termed it a “Modi guarantee”. He cited the Kashi example to say the world is witnessing how modernity is developed around culture and tradition.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation. However, it is believed that strong winds may have been a factor. The ropeway has been shut down for inspection and repairs.
Six children and two adults became trapped earlier in the day when one of the cables snapped while the passengers were crossing a river canyon in Battagram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Rajasthan rain: The weather office has forecast intense thunderstorms with wind reaching speeds of 50-60 kilometres per hour and issued an 'orange alert' for Sunday and Monday for Jaipur, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Ajmer and Bharatpur divisions.
Nandi Hills Ropeway Project: Karnataka Tourism Department had signed an agreement with Dynamicx Ropeway Limited to build a ropeway to Nandi Hills under the public-private partnership model.
Ropeway in Varanasi: The ropeway will run from Cantonment Railway Station (Varanasi Junction) to Godaulia Square.
A senior official who looks after the operation of the Ropeway connectivity said that the decision was taken in view of the cracks that developed in thousands of houses in the past two weeks.
Welcoming the Modi government's initiative, Jathedqar Sri Akal Takhat Sahib said, "I congratulate you for the laying of the foundation stone of the Gurdwara Hemkund Sahib Ropeway. For any devout Sikh, this is a historic occasion and will further bring together the pligrims with their scared places."
The ropeway at Surkanda Devi temple halted for 20-25 minutes but all passengers are safe and the trolley is functioning smoothly.
NDRF ropeway audit: NDRF force has also decided to train rescuers in specific ropeway rescue skills, apart from purchasing an assortment of tools like pulleys and carabiners for transporting the salvager and evacuating stranded people.
Prime Minister Modi lauded efforts of all personnel from different agencies who put their own life at risk and rescued people trapped in Jharkhand ropeway accident.
The Prime Minister said that India is proud that it has capable forces in the form of Army, Air Force, NDRF, ITBP and Police that has the strength to bring out the people from every crisis.
Who is to be blamed for the incident? Who will take the responsibility of three deaths and endagering lives of dozens others? Probably, no one!
Home Secy Ajay Kumar Bhalla, in an official communication to all the Chief Secretaries, said the state govt must engage an experienced and qualified firm or organisation for carrying out safety audits of each ropeway project.
The chief minister has directed the officers to constitute a high-level inquiry committee to investigate the cable car accident in Deoghar district and to include experts related to the ropeway in the committee.
Pujhar, a member of Paharia Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), heard a loud thud around 4 PM on Sunday and screams of passengers crying for help.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has ordered a high-level investigation into the ropeway accident near Trikut in Deoghar, where at least three people were killed and several others injured after cable cars in a ropeway collided with each other at Trikut hills.
Around 50 people were trapped on Sunday when some cable cars in a ropeway collided with each other at Trikut hills close to Baba Baidyanath Temple in Jharkhand's Deoghar district, officials said.
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