Capt for probe by retd judge
Thursday, 19/04/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120419/punjab.htm#3
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today visited the disaster site and demanded a high-level probe into the incident.
Amarinder, who took stock of the rescue operation, claimed the multiple probe committees, as set up by the Punjab Government to ascertain the reasons behind the disaster, won’t serve any purpose. Instead, he said, a high-powered committee headed by a judge or a senior engineer should be appointed for the job.
Accompanied by Congress affairs in-charge for Punjab Gulchain Singh Charak and Leader of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha Sunil Jakhar, Amarinder also visited the local Civil Hospital and Devi Talab Hospital to enquire about the well-being of those hospitalised.
The PCC chief demanded that responsibility of the officials concerned under whose tenure the industrial unit came up illegally must be fixed. He said the victims who had suffered physical injuries and mental trauma must be rehabilitated.
Amarinder criticised the state government for not giving adequate land to the Union Government earlier for setting up of a National Defence Response Force centre. The Centre, he claimed, had given a proposal to Punjab in this connection in 2010. “Punjab wasted the opportunity to have a National Disaster Response Force centre, which ultimately went to Himachal Pradesh,” he said.
Appreciating the work being done by rescue teams, he said, “Every life is precious and we need to take measures to save those still trapped under the rubble.”
