Students’ death: How parents can take authorities to task
June 11, 2014
Could clear loudspeaker warnings, prominent caution signs or vigilance about the tour itinerary have averted the tragic death of 24 students in the Beas River? Here is an RTI guideline for parents to procure more info into the incident
Vinita Deshmukh
With every passing day since 9th June, when 24 students of VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology in Hyderabad and one tour operator were washed away in the River Beas off the Kulu-Manali Highway, it is becoming clearer that authorities of the Larji Dam Project run by the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) cannot wash their hands of this tragedy so easily.