Cave-ins in Navayard spark row

Vadodara | Wednesday | 20th June, 2018

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Vadodara: Several placesnear a drainage line being laid in the Navayard caved in on Tuesday. Members of the opposition Congress party in the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) claimed that the work was of inferior quality. A vehicle was trapped in one of the gaping holes that had emerged as a result of the shoddy work.The cave-ins sparked a row as the work was conducted using the state-of-the-art micro tunneling technology. They added that the pipeline was formally inaugurated only recently.The opposition has demanded an inquiry into the matter and stated that sewage of several localities connected with the line was still being diverted into a storm water drain..