Himachal CM Blames Teachers For The Tragedy, Gives Clean-Chit To Dam Officials!

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh ordered a magisterial probe into the Larji dam episode that washed away 24 students and 3 Larji dam officials. However, the probe’s result is now predictable as CM himself certified that the Dam officials sounded the alarm before releasing the waters.

Virbhadra said the teachers could have taken precautions to avert the tragedy. “Drowning is common near the river banks. Himachal is a state of rivers. The accidents are reported from many places, but no incident like this ever took place. I am not here to blame anyone, but the teachers should have taken necessary precautions,” he said. Refuting allegations that no warning was given, the CM said: “The warning system was on and the hooter was also sounded.

Whether it was heard at the accident site or not is a different thing.” When asked why local residents did not hear the hooter either, he remarked that the political leanings of a person determined whether he or she heard the hooter or not.

If the CM is so sure the warning is given, then why did he suspend the officials?