Society needs people who file petitions against government in court: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
Nagpur: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has emphasised the crucial role of citizens who file petitions against the government, stating that such legal interventions help instill discipline in public administration and often succeed where political mechanisms fail.
Speaking at the Late Prakash Deshpande Smriti Kushal Sangathak Puraskar ceremony in Nagpur, the senior BJP leader pointed out that what a court verdict can achieve, a minister sometimes cannot, especially in the dynamics of popular politics.
"There should be some people in the society who file petitions against the government in the court. This disciplines the politicians. This is because even ministers in the government cannot do the work that a court order can do. Popular politics comes in the way of politicians and ministers," NDTV quoted Gadkari as saying.
Gadkari also appreciated the people who were given the ‘Kushal Sangathak’ award at the event. He noted that they have filed many court cases against "wrong" government decisions in the education sector and even forced the government to withdraw their decisions on many instances.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
