Uttarkashi tunnel shatter: Villagers consider Baba Boukhnag temple’s wreck introduced on tragedy

Uttarkashi tunnel shatter: The locals in Uttarkashi claimed that the under-construction Silkyara tunnel collapsed because of the wrath of Baba Boukhnag, an area deity, whose temple was once demolished by way of the development corporate days ahead of the incident befell on November 12 morning. The temple of the deity was once constructed close the mouth of the tunnel within the Silkyara village within the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. The villagers’ claims come from a significant catastrophe during which 41 staff have been trapped within the particles nearest a portion of the under-construction tunnel, a part of the determined Char Dham all-weather highway venture, collapsed because of a landslide.

Because the holiday and rescue operations entered week 10 on Tuesday (November 21), the locals thought that the incident took park because of the wreck of the temple.

Next preliminary efforts to rescue the trapped staff failed, temple priest Ganesh Prasad Bijalwan mentioned, corporate officers referred to as him, apologised and asked him to accomplish a distinct puja.

He carried out the puja and prayed for the good fortune of the operation to rescue the employees.

“Uttarakhand is the land of gods. There is a tradition of building a small temple for the local deity before building any bridge, road or tunnel. The work is completed only after taking their blessings,” the priest mentioned.

What did the locals say?

A neighborhood resident mentioned that the labourers old to trade in prayers day-to-day on the temple ahead of coming into the tunnel for structure, alternatively, it was once introduced ill by way of the development corporate days ahead of the incident, which resulted in the hit.

“Sooner than the venture began, a little temple was once constructed close the mouth of the tunnel and out of admire for native ideals, officers and labourers old to go into the tunnel best nearest providing prayers. Then again, a couple of days in the past, the development corporate control got rid of the temple from there and family consider that because of this, the hit came about,” Dhanveer Chand Ramola, a resident of Silkyara village, mentioned.

Some other villager Rakesh Nautiyal mentioned that the locals had requested the corporate now not to deliver ill the temple and claimed that the corporate unwelcome their advice calling it a “superstition”.

“We had asked the construction company not to demolish the temple and if they had to do so, to build another temple nearby. But the company rejected our suggestion saying it was our superstition and see what happened,” Nautiyal claimed.

“Earlier too, in the initial stage of the project, a part of the tunnel had caved in but not a single worker got trapped nor was there any other kind of loss because the temple still stood there,” he added.

Global tunnelling knowledgeable do business in prayers on the untouched temple

Global tunnelling knowledgeable Arnold Dix, who heads the Geneva-based Global Tunnelling and Underground Area Affiliation, was once distinguishable bowing ill ahead of a temple constructed on the major front of the tunnel. Dix has been referred to as to check the continued rescue operation.

Dix has expressed trust that the employees can be rescued safely.

(With PTI inputs)

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