Massive landslide in Uttarakhand blocks national highway, no casualty
Rudraprayag: Travelers near here had to hold from continuing their journey as a part of a hillock collapsed on Thursday and the road was closed as a precautionary measure by officials.
National Highway 109 was closed for public travel after a massive landslide near Tarsali village in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, on Thursday. There was no loss of life due to the landslide as the locals forewarned the travelers of the possible danger, the ANI sources said.
As a result, one could see a line of vehicles waiting to pass the blockade by the debris of the hillock.
Traffic movement on the National Highway 109 would soon resume, said the sources. Mayur Dixit, the district magistrate, had permitted the reopening of the main road after clearance of the debris on the stretch.
The magistrate had also assured, “The travelers had been placed at safe venues,” the sources added.
#WATCH | Uttarakhand: NH-109 in the Rudraprayag district blocked yesterday after a sudden landslide led to the roll down of debris near Tarsali Village
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) September 22, 2022
DM Mayur Dixit said, all travellers stopped at safe places. Once the debris is cleared, vehicular movement will be started. pic.twitter.com/tb4Sz61AsR
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'Rear-guard action': BJP over Mamata accepting sports minister's resignation after Messi event
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accepting Aroop Biswas' resignation as the state sports minister is nothing but a "rear-guard action" to douse public anger over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event last week.
BJP co-in-charge for West Bengal Amit Malviya alleged that this is also an "open confession" that the Messi event fiasco was not accidental but a government-manufactured disaster, borne out of the poor governance of Banerjee, her ministers and the state bureaucracy.
Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Biswas' resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Messi's event last week, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said.
Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department.
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Reacting to the development, Malviya said in a post on X, "TMC Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns after the Messi fiasco and Mamata Banerjee accepts it in record time."
"Do not mistake this for accountability; this is nothing but a rear-guard action to douse public anger. anger! This is not 'Raj Dharma'," he added.
The BJP leader alleged that the incident was the outcome of "loot" of common people which is "so synonymous" with the TMC.
The incident was also the outcome of the "shameless VIP culture that TMC thrives on and deep-rooted cronyism promoted by Banerjee," he charged.
Malviya further alleged that Biswas' resignation exposes a "collective failure of Mamata Banerjee, her partisan bureaucracy, and her crony cabinet".
"This is a symbolic sacrifice, a political hoax, soon to be buried under layers of bureaucracy, with no justice, no accountability, and no remorse," the BJP leader said, adding, "No resignation will bring back the time lost, the money wasted, or the stolen chance for football lovers to witness Messi in Kolkata."
