MoRTH forms a committee to probe Kota tunnel collapse
New Indian ExpressNEW DELHI: The ministry of road transport and highways has formed an investigation committee to probe collapse of a section of an under-construction tunnel which resulted in the death of one worker and left two others injured in Kota district of Rajasthan on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. "An investigation team of Domain experts comprising of SK Nirmal, DGRD – MoRTH, AK Shrivastava, ADG – MoRTH and Alok Pandey, M/s Elegant Engineering has been constituted. According to the ministry, on Saturday, a sudden collapse of the median side vertical wall occurred under “Construction of 8-lane Delhi-Mumbai Expressway outside of Tunnel in Kota. In response to the incident, MoRTH has imposed a penalty of Rs 50 lakh on the contractor, M/s DilipBuildcon Ltd.–M/s Altis-Holding Corporation, and issued a show-cause notice to the Team Leader of the Authority Engineer from M/s ICT, in association with M/s Hexa Co and M/s Nokang Infra Pvt.
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