NHRC notice to Himachal govt. over tragedy

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By India Tomorrow News,

New Delhi, 11 June 2014: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance on the incident of drowning of 24 students in Beas River in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district and issued notice to the state government seeking a report within two weeks.

On 08 June, 24 engineering students from Hyderabad who were on a trip to Himachal Pradesh were drowned in high flash flood in the Beas River.

It happened because the flood gate of the Larji Hydel Project’s dam was reportedly opened without giving any warning.

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