Login / Register
Updated At: Jun 28, 2022 08:45 AM (IST)
Tourists being rescued from the cable car near Parwanoo. File
A seven-member probe committee today confirmed that the shaft of the ill-fated cable car at Timber Trail Resort near Parwanoo had broken though both its ropes were intact during the June 20 mishap.
Five women and six men had been stranded mid-air for hours on the ropeway. They were safely rescued after hours with the assistance of National Disaster Response Force, resort’s rescue team and the police.
Additional DC Zaffar Iqbal, who heads the magisterial probe committee, while confirming the news, said “Since both the ropes on which the cable car operates were intact and no harm was caused to the position of the cable car after it had stopped with a jerk on the fateful day. Our preliminary probe reveals that the shaft had broken and its technical reason was being ascertained.”
The other members of the committee were DSP Parwanoo, General Manager, Ropeways and Rapid Transport Corporation, Shimla, Ropeways Inspector-cum-Executive Engineer, mechanical wing, PWD, Shimla, Assistant Engineer (mechanical), PWD, Dharampur and Naib Tehsildar, Parwanoo.
The officials recorded statements of the staff comprising assistants who were deputed that day and also examined all records pertaining to the maintenance of the machinery. This will help in identifying the lapses behind the mishap. “All records are being examined by the technical experts and various aspects are being studied to know how the shaft had broken while the cable car was operational,” added Iqbal.
The resort management had suspended the operations of the cable car after the mishap.
Himachal: Tourists at Timber Trail rescued after six hours
Watch: Stranded tourists at Parwanoo Timber Trail Cable Car sent video messages seeking help
The 467-page report names jailed Dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim...
Amit Malviya denies claim as ‘fake news’
Following the transfer, the NIA will get custody of the kill...
The deceased are 18 Army personnel and 6 civilians
The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising four eminent persons as trustees.
The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the paper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.
The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).
Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia
Designed and Developed by: Grazitti Interactive