Under the investigation, several prominent figures, including former TTD Chairman YV Subba Reddy and former Additional Executive Officer AV Dharma Reddy, were questioned; however, they were not named as accused in the final charge-sheet.

The 27-year-old engineer’s death in Noida exposed the appalling condition of safety and emergency response by authorities despite mock drills. Administrative failures were seen in Indore’s water tragedy and a Goa club fire that points towards systemic misgovernance, with accountability missing.

Various railway projects are in their finishing phase in Uttarakhand. A new railway line project has been commissioned in Rurki’s Deoband area. The railway line will be 27.45 kilometres long. The projects include revamping stations, increasing train speeds and various other works.