Overview
- The 15-metre-high overhead tank in Tadkeshwar failed during a full-capacity test after about nine lakh litres were pumped in, injuring three, including a child.
- Those held include promoters of Jayanti Super Construction and its JV partner, two supervisors from MaRS Planning and Engineering Services, and GWSSB executive engineer Ankit Garasiya; deputy engineer Jay Chaudhary was also taken into custody, according to police.
- An FIR cites BNS sections 316(5), 318(4) and 125(a), alleging criminal breach of trust, cheating and acts endangering life in connection with the newly built facility.
- The Gujarat government has suspended implicated engineers, halted payments to the firms and signaled blacklisting action pending the investigation’s outcome.
- Technical teams from SVNIT and GERI have collected debris and material samples for laboratory testing to assess construction quality and structural design.