Govt forms committee to probe Bankura water tank collapse

Kolkata | Thursday | 23rd January, 2020

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Kolkata: The state Public Health Engineering (PHE) department constituted a committee to probe the crashing down of the overhead reservoir at Sarenga in Bankura district on Wednesday afternoon. "I have directed my Principal Secretary to form an enquiry committee that will probe the entire incident. If we find any irregularities on the part of any individual or company, strong action will be taken," said PHE minister Saumen Mahapatra. It has been learnt that the three-member committee constituted by Manoj Pant, the Principal Secretary of the department is headed by the Chief Engineer. The project was taken up in 2012 and was completed in 2016 by the PHE department under the special Backward Region Grant Fund of the Centre..