Best Criminal Lawyers in Chandigarh Goods worth crores destroyed as water tank falls in Jalandhar by Advocate SS Sidhu Lawyer in Chandigarh High Court

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Aparna Banerji
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 30

Owing to the negligence of the health department, goods worth crores were destroyed when an overhead water tank fell in a residential area at the back of the civil hospital here. 

Filled with water, the tank fell apparently due to the oversight of the contractor who was tasked by the health department to demolish it.

The demolition of the old tank that had developed cracks was being demanded by the locals for the past six months.

Shutters of the shops and glasses of nearby buildings broke after the tank collapsed at around 9 am.

Locals said that despite repeatedly warning the contractor that the tank still had water, he refused to pay heed. The entire street where the tank fell was inundated.

While a health department SDO fled from the spot after the incident, contractor Harcharan Singh said, “I had no clue there was water in the tank. I was only doing my job. But the tank collapsed letting out all the water."

Amit Kumar, owner of the National Cloth House, said, “We had repeatedly pointed out the cracks and the water seeping from the tank but the contractor refused to listen. Strict action should be taken against him.”

Mayor Jagdish Raja, who reached the spot, said, “The illegal manner in which the tank was demolished raises questions and calls for the strictest action against the SDO concerned. Loss worth crores has been caused.”

by Advocate SS Sidhu Lawyer in Chandigarh High Court - Best Criminal Lawyers in Chandigarh

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