CM Punjab suspended 15 officers over negligence in Murree tragedy

The nation was left surprised when the information of 23 deaths owing to a lethal blizzard in Murree hit the mainstream and social media.

The deaths of the vacationers, together with girls and kids who had flocked to the scenic spot to witness the snowfall, had been nothing wanting the tragedy.

The guests ‘froze to loss of life’ of their autos, amidst tonnes of snow within the environment as a snowstorm gripped the valley.

A five-member inquiry committee arrange in reference to the Murree tragedy had recorded the statements of presidency officers and surviving vacationers and ready a report on January 16 which was offered to the Punjab CM the subsequent day.

The inquiry report fastened duty of the incident on the Rawalpindi division commissioner, Rawalpindi deputy commissioner, CPO, Murree assistant commissioner and different senior officers.

Addressing a press convention later, CM Buzdar mentioned, “15 officers have been suspended and disciplinary motion has been ordered towards them over Murree tragedy.

He mentioned he Rawalpindi commissioner has been faraway from his put up and despatched to the federal authorities and it was additionally really helpful to droop them.

Rawalpindi deputy commissioner can also be eliminated and his companies have been handed over to the federal authorities. It has been really helpful to droop him and disciplinary motion be taken towards him, the chief minister mentioned, including that the Murree assistant commissioner has additionally been suspended and disciplinary motion has been ordered towards him.

Murree ASP was faraway from his put up and his companies had been been handed over to the federal authorities, he additional mentioned. It has been really helpful to droop him and disciplinary motion be taken towards him, he added.

Rawalpindi CTO, Visitors DSP, Highways SE Circle-2 Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi Freeway XEN, Rawalpindi Freeway XEN Mechanical, Murree Freeway SDO Mechanical, Murree Divisional Forest Officer, Murree District Emergency Officer, Murree Rescue 1122 In cost and Punjab Catastrophe Administration Authority (PDMA) Director have additionally been suspended and disciplinary motion has been ordered towards them, he added.

The Punjab chief minister mentioned, “I’ve fulfilled my promise of a clear investigation into the tragedy to the nation”.

The chief minister mentioned that the tragedy that came about in Murree was extraordinarily painful in all respects. He mentioned {that a} high-level inquiry committee headed by Further Chief Secretary was constituted to find out the causes and people answerable for this mishap.

“I had promised a clear inquiry into the tragedy along-with motion towards these accountable which has been fulfilled.”

Provincial Legislation Minister Raja Muhammad Basharat and SACM Hasaan Khawar had been additionally current through the presser.

Key factors of inquiry report

The investigation report revealed that the officers of the involved departments stored informing one another in regards to the state of affairs via WhatsApp and didn’t take any motion. The officers couldn’t perceive the state of affairs nor did they take the state of affairs critically. Attributable to this the rescue plan couldn’t be applied, it added.

The committee, led by Punjab Further Chief Secretary Zafar Nasarullah with Punjab Meals Secretary Ali Sarfraz, Agriculture Secretary Asad Gillani and Further Inspector Normal of Police Farooq Mazhar as members, in its report mentioned that many officers additionally noticed WhatsApp messages late, CCPO, CTO, Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner confirmed irresponsibility whereas the native workplace of Rescue 1122 together with Forest Division took no motion.

Within the report, the inquiry committee held the administration answerable for the Murree tragedy and wrote that the incident occurred as a consequence of administrative negligence.

The report acknowledged that the administration continued to disregard warnings of the Pakistan Meteorological Division (PMD) regardless of 5 days of snowfall.

On Friday, the preliminary findings of the probe revealed that 20 out of 29 snow-removing equipment and snowmobiles had failed to reply promptly to the Murree incident that claimed 22 lives.

The probe revealed that drivers and different workers had been additionally discovered to be absent from their responsibility regardless of a number of warnings issued by the Met Workplace a few extreme snowstorm via print and digital media.