Surajkund Mela tragedy: Fatal swing ride was never in bid; report flags ‘sheer negligence’
(File Photo)The ‘Tsunami Jhula’ amusement ride that collapsed at the Surajkund International Crafts Mela in February, killing a police inspector and injuring multiple visitors, was not included in the original list of rides submitted by the contractor during the bidding process. The fatal installation also operated without due approval amidst hazardous site conditions and “poor workmanship”, the state human rights commission was told last month. Hearing a suo motu case along with multiple complaints on April 7—the order was released Saturday afternoon—the Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) took on record a state Tourism Department report that pinpointed “sheer negligence” by three Haryana Tourism Corporation (HTC) officials: Activity Head Nitin Kataria, Executive Engineer Satish Deswal, and Junior Engineer Nishant.The coram of Justice Lalit Batra, judicial member Kuldip Jain and member Deep Bhatia noted, quoting from compliance reports submitted to it, the three HTC officials have been charge-sheeted for major penalty under the Haryana Civil Services Rules for dereliction of duty.
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