Eight Bodies Recovered from Water

Trag edy// On June 8, 2014, 24 students including six girls and a tour guide were washed away after the sudden release of water from Larji hydro power project in the Beas. The students were all from an engineering institute in Hyderabad. Around 65 people—including students and faculty members of Vignana Jayoti Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad—were headed for Manali from Shimla.

With 18 bodies already recovered from the dam, now search team has to trace the remaining six bodies of engineering students and their co-tour guide. Based on the complaint of a student, a case has been registered at Aut police station under section 304A and 336 of IPC. Himachal Pradesh High Court, which has taken suo motu notice of the incident, has already directed the engineering college to file affidavit containing the details as to who made the decision to allow the students to visit Himachal Pradesh and the concerned site and whether the parents were taken into confidence and also the particulars of the officers, officials, who were accompanying the students. the state government has stated that it has asked the power department to get an inquiry conducted into the working of State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC) and Northern Regional Load Disptach Centre (NRLDC) by a technical person not below the rank of chief engineer.