Warehouse collapse: CM Suvendu praises Army, NDRF rescuers
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday lauded the agencies involved in the rescue work of the Taratala warehouse collapse last week, which prompted their coordinated efforts, asking for better vigilance and Stricter monitoring so that “a similar incident never happens again.”
Sixteen 16 people died, and about 17 were left seriously injured when a three-storey warehouse building under construction at Taratala, adjoining Kolkata port, collapsed, burying the victims underneath, raising questions on the way the plans were sanctioned by the then Trinamool Congress-ruled Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
“We must ensure that such incidents do not happen again. We have started a special audit of buildings and construction-related issues following the Taratala tragedy, and a series of measures have been taken. We ask all the departments to remain vigilant and exercise strict control,” the Chief Minister said, “saluting the rescuers”, including the local youth and the agencies like NDRF, Army, Fire Brigade and Kolkata Police, who are doing a “marvellous job.”
Adhikari was speaking at a felicitation programme organised by the Kolkata Police to honour personnel involved in the rescue operation at the collapse site.
The State Government had meanwhile stopped all the construction works in the buildings raised for commercial housing till the auditing was complete. Already riding a popular wave, Adhikari had been holding relentless meetings to oversee all the development works, besides maintaining law, order and eradicating corruption, prompting even the opposition Marxists to praise his endeavour.
