JAIPUR: Two engineers of the private firm involved in building the dam in
Jhunjhunu have been arrested on Monday by the Malsisar police.
The arrested are project director B Prasad and
Dharmesh Kumar of Nagarjuna Construction Co. An FIR was filed against the duo on Saturday, alleging carelessness after the dam constructed for the
Kumbharam Arya Canal Lift Project burst in Jhunjhunu district.
“One of the arrested engineers is the project in-charge appointed by the firm, while the other accused is also an engineer,” said station
house officer (SHO) Panna Lal Gurjar, Malsisar. Public health and engineering department minister Surendra
Goyal visited Malsisar and inspected the damaged dam. Goyal said they would rope in experts from IITRoorkee and BITS-Pilani to find out how the dam burst and present a report in a month.
Firm will have to rebuild dam: Goyal
Strict action will be taken against those who are found guilty, he said.
He said the government had lost a lot of money due to the accident. But the company will rebuild and repair the dam as it’s still on the defect liability of one year.
According to Goyal, about 300 crore litres of water has been wasted due to the dam burst.
The state government will also conduct a survey of damages suffered by houses due to flooding. House owners will be compensated for the loss, Goyal said.
He said they would resume water supply from the project to Jhunjhunu, Khetri and Gothra in one month by completing the repair work, and claimed that no inferior quality construction material was used for the project. But, if something comes to light, the guilty will not be spared, he said.
