DEHRADUN: Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd will bear expenses incurred in the 17-day rescue operation to save 41 workers trapped in the tunnel. The Hyderabad-based private construction company got the tender to construct the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel.
Anshu Manish Khalkhodirector (administration and finance), National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.(NHIDCL), told TOI, “We’re going to bill the expenses incurred in the rescue to Navayuga Engineering Ltd.”
Khalkho stated that multiple agencies worked tirelessly around the clock to rescue the workers, pumping crores of rupees into the operation. Asked about the total amount, Khalkho said, “We haven’t even started thinking about the money spent. There were hundreds of men and multiple agencies involved.”
Khalkho also told TOI the ministry of road transport and highways will come up with a standard operating procedure to fix responsibility in case such incidents happen again. The Union ministry has announced an inquiry into the collapse and safety audit of the project.
Anshu Manish Khalkhodirector (administration and finance), National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.(NHIDCL), told TOI, “We’re going to bill the expenses incurred in the rescue to Navayuga Engineering Ltd.”
Khalkho stated that multiple agencies worked tirelessly around the clock to rescue the workers, pumping crores of rupees into the operation. Asked about the total amount, Khalkho said, “We haven’t even started thinking about the money spent. There were hundreds of men and multiple agencies involved.”
Khalkho also told TOI the ministry of road transport and highways will come up with a standard operating procedure to fix responsibility in case such incidents happen again. The Union ministry has announced an inquiry into the collapse and safety audit of the project.