Angry over the dreadful incident in Muradnagar where over two dozen persons were killed and scores of others were injured in a cremation ground roof collapse incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that such incidents were the result of poor monitoring of the civil projects and issued fresh directives, asking officials to monitor all construction projects..
“What was the task force doing in Ghaziabad where such an incident happened, ‘’ the chief minister asked, even questioning the role of divisional commissioner of Meerut and district magistrate of Ghaziabad in this regard.
“‘No such incident will be tolerated in the future and the guilty will be taken to task in the toughest possible manner which includes action under the National Security Act and seizure of property,” the chief minister said.
Yogi Adityanath, visibly moved by the tragedy, has issued stringent directions to ensure quality norms of the civil projects to save the loss of human lives as well as the public money.
He put special emphasis on effective monitoring by the supervisory officers and warned that failure in this regard would invite strict action.
The chief minister also stated that the divisional commissioner of Meerut and ADG of Meerut would conduct an inquiry and on the basis of the report the accountability of senior divisional and district officials would be ascertained.
The chief minister said in a tweet: “I’ve instructed district officials to conduct relief operations & submit a report of the incident. Our government will provide all possible help needed for those affected by the incident.”
It may be recalled that three government officials, including Muradnagar Nagar Palika Parishad Executive Officer Niharika Singh, have been arrested in this regard while the contractor, Ajay Tyagi, is absconding.
The government has also paid an ex gratia compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured.