NEW DELHI, Nov 27: Billionaire Gautam Adani’s group on Monday mentioned it has no direct or oblique involvement within the building of Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel, the place 41 building staff are trapped because it collapsed greater than two weeks again.
In a press release, an Adani group spokesperson mentioned the conglomerate doesn’t personal or maintain any share within the firm concerned within the building of the tunnel.
“We make clear with utmost emphasis that the Adani group or any of its subsidiaries has no direct or oblique involvement of any form within the tunnel’s building,” it mentioned. “We additionally make clear that we don’t personal or maintain any shares within the firm concerned within the tunnel’s building.
The development staff have been trapped 260 meters contained in the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel since November 12 when part of the under-construction tunnel collapsed following a landslide.
The Silkyara tunnel, which is a part of the Char Dham all-weather accessibility mission, is being constructed by Hyderabad-based Navayuga Engineering Firm Restricted.
Strongly condemning any “nefarious makes an attempt” to hyperlink its title to the collapse, the Adani group mentioned, “Right now, our ideas and prayers are with the trapped staff and their households”.
The assertion got here after a buzz on social media that the corporate setting up the tunnel had Adani hyperlinks.
Former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy in a submit on X mentioned: “This Uttarakhand tunnel was constructed by which personal firm? Who have been its share holders when the collapse came about? Was one in all them Adani Group? I’m asking not implying.”
In one other submit, he mentioned, “At some degree the Firm has the ashirwad of Adani, so I’m knowledgeable. However I’m checking it totally as a result of the collapse is an outrage.”
“It has come to our discover that some components are making nefarious makes an attempt to hyperlink us to the unlucky collapse of a tunnel in Uttarakhand,” the Adani group mentioned within the assertion. “We strongly condemn these makes an attempt and people behind them.” (PTI)
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