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Assam still hasn’t followed a panel recommendation about ferry security

Assam still hasn't followed a panel recommendation about ferry security
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Guwahati: Advice and Recommendations The investigation committee appointed by the government led by Jishnu Barua, then the Secretary of the Head of the State, after the 2018 Ferry Accident here, has not been implemented even now, exposing the indifferent attitude of the country’s government, which was revealed after the boat tragedy Wednesday in the district Jorhat.
There were two questions at the additional major secretary level before Jorth accident, one in 2012 and the other in 2018, followed a similar tragedy.
But recommendations and suggestions remain on paper only.
An official at the State Directorate of Inland Water Transport (IWT), which operates 102 ferries, said Mishap after the accident has been witnessed, but the government has not recorded and recorded.
“The Action of the Air Inland Regulatory Regulatory Authority, 2018, has not yet been enforced.
This law aims to increase water transportation and safety by carrying all mechanically driven ships under a series of standardized operating norms.
Action is the Supervisory Authority (RA) To help streamline inland water transportation.
But the RA chairman only bears the cost on Friday.
While other members have not been appointed, “the official said to Ti.
The Assam Cabinet on Thursday again appointed the committee of the one person led by additional principals, Maninder Singh, into the Jorhat tragedy, where one person died and two others were still missing, and submitted a report within a month.
The government also prohibits all single engine private ships with direct effects on Thursday.
Jishnu Barua, who is now the main secretary, recommends in the investigation report in 2019 that it would not be wise to stop all single machine ships at once but to slowly delete it after the availability of sufficient double quantities.
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“On September 7, 2018, the government suspended private mechanical boats (Bhutbhuties) in all ferry systems.
But no IWT and the district administration did not have sufficient personnel or stupid mechanism to enforce a ban on a single engine plying,” Jishnu Barua Committee said.
IWT officials also said the department did not have an enforcement wing to check and monitor a single engine plying.
“There should be a dedicated team for such law enforcement.
The IWT ship has never met an accident.
The private boat ran into rough weather, both the guwahati ferry incident or Dhubri accident or Jorhat,” officials said, added that IWT also faced the staff crisis.
All 10 POS assistant executive engineers lie empty.
Barua panels mention that all ferries and vessels must have a jacket / raft of life, but this security measure has not been followed today.
“The number of jackets of life in the ferry or ship must be in accordance with the number of passengers.
There are no exceptions that must be permitted at the front,” the report said.

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