Punjab floods: Jakhar seeks probe by retd judge
Chandigarh, Sept. 22 -- BJP state president Sunil Jakhar on Sunday blamed the recent floods in Punjab on the "inexperienced" AAP government and a company that was awarded the contract for safety inspections of headworks.
Addressing a press conference, Jakhar demanded that an inquiry into the floods be conducted under the supervision of a retired judge. He also stated that a complaint had been lodged with the Chandigarh Police to expose those who were allegedly trying to defame the BJP and the central government.
The BJP leader said the AAP government had convened the assembly session as an attempt to divert attention from the real issue. "The investigation should focus on the quantity of water released from each dam when repairs of the dams and headworks were carried out and which company was given the contract for headworks safety inspections," he said.
Jakhar said the maximum destruction was caused by Ravi, into which water flows from the Ranjit Sagar dam. He said the Ranjit Sagar dam was under the control of the state government and had no connection whatsoever with the BBMB or the central government. "Despite heavy rainfall warnings in the Ravi catchment area between August 20 and 26, very little water was released from the dam," he added.
He also showed a video of a chief engineer's statement, in which the latter claimed that 4.7 lakh cusecs of water entered through small rivulets downstream of Shahpur Kandi. Jakhar, however, said that between Ranjit Sagar dam and Madhopur headworks, there was no other river or rivulet that could bring such a huge volume of water....
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