Tunnel collapse
If a tunnel collapses while still under construction, there can only be three reasons: technical deficiency in construction; geological incompatibility; corruption (Inside pages, “40 workers trapped in tunnel in Uttarkashi safe; rescue efforts on”, November 14). Whatever be the real reasons, the government would do well not to meddle too much with nature, especially in ecologically sensitive hill areas.
Though unconnected with this incident, one shudders to think of the environmental destruction, and the resultant consequences, in the Nicobar Islands, where eight lakh trees are to be cut down, for, yes, “development”. God help us.
