Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann connected Saturday promised judicial probe into amerciable mining successful Samana, a period aft 7 schoolchildren died successful a roadworthy mishap involving a sand-laden tipper.
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The CM said helium had besides ordered stern enactment against tipper operators flouting postulation norms and anyone shielding the accused and influencing the probe won’t beryllium spared.
Mann made the remarks aft helium met families of the 7 children who died successful the roadworthy accident.
Soon aft the visit, Samana DSP Guriqbal Singh Sikand was transferred to Shahpur Kandi successful Pathankot.
Mann had promised the families that stern enactment would beryllium taken against the constabulary officials recovered progressive for laxity successful registering the case.
Addressing the media aft his visit, Mann assured a judicial probe into amerciable mining, pursuing accusations that overloaded tippers often plied connected the roads of Samana.
“A household told maine that hundreds of tippers ferry done this municipality daily, with galore illegally,” said Mann.
The CM confirmed that the 19-year-old operator of the tipper progressive successful the mishap possessed lone a learner’s licence.
“Only individuals with valid dense conveyance licences are permitted to run tipper. This benignant of negligence is criminal,” helium said.
Mann said helium had ordered each constabulary commissioners, SSPs and Transport Department officials crossed the authorities to instrumentality stern enactment against tipper operators flouting postulation norms. “Let maine marque it wide — anyone recovered shielding the accused oregon influencing constabulary investigations — whether from my enactment oregon immoderate other, volition not beryllium spared,” asserted Mann.
Responding to the ongoing protestation by the victims’ families, demanding the apprehension of motortruck proprietor Randhir Singh and enactment against erring constabulary officers, Mann said the authorities would instrumentality departmental enactment against officials recovered blameworthy of showing laxity. “Those liable volition look transfers, departmental proceedings and adjacent beryllium sent to the constabulary lines,” helium said, adding that families ended their protestation aft the assurance. He directed the Deputy Commissioner to behaviour a survey for the four-laning of the accident-prone roadworthy agelong adjacent Pasiana, and stressed the request for stricter monitoring of schoolhouse vehicles.
Memorial to victims
To honour the representation of the children, Mann announced the constitution of a Children’s Memorial Trust successful which the mothers of the deceased volition beryllium made members.
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