Bhuj: The recent fatal accident on the Dadhar-Sadhara road in Kutch district, in which three persons lost their lives after a car fell into an excavation pit, has raised serious questions over administrative functioning and safety measures at roadwork sites.

Following the incident, the Road and Building Department of the District Panchayat has initiated an inquiry into the matter and begun preparing a detailed report.

According to information received, excavation work was being carried out on the Daddhar-Sadhara road for renovation or related works. However, the contractor allegedly failed to install warning signboards, barricades or caution lights at the site.

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Officials said that due to the absence of any safety arrangements, vehicles travelling at night could not detect the dug-up stretch, causing the car to plunge directly into the pit. Three occupants of the vehicle died in the accident.

Days after the incident, officials from the District Panchayat’s Road and Building Department visited the site for inspection and began collecting details for the inquiry report.

The incident has also triggered criticism over the delay in administrative and police action. Despite allegations of gross negligence and the loss of three lives, no criminal case has yet been registered against the contractor responsible for the work, according to sources. DeshGujarat

• A Swift car crashed into a pit dug for culvert construction on the Sadhara-Dadhar road on Khawda Marg in Kutch.
• The excavation site reportedly had no barricades, warning boards, diversion signs or danger indicators.
• Two bikes also fell into the same pit after the car accident.
• The accident occurred between 7:30 pm and 8 pm on Saturday.
• Three people died in the incident, turning the excavation pit into a “death trap.”
• Deceased identified as:
  • Noorbai Juma Samana (40), resident of Juna Dedhia
  • Sama Rehana Hakimbhai (20), who died while being shifted to Ahmedabad near Dhrangadhra
  • Rashid Sumar Kalar (25), resident of Sadhara, who was riding one of the bikes
• Several others sustained injuries and are undergoing treatment.
• Injured Amad Ibrahim Sama and Afsin Amad Sama of Madhapar-Junavas are being treated at GK General Hospital in Bhuj.
• Another injured biker is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhuj.
• Two persons travelling on the second bike were also injured.
• The Swift car (GJ-12-BR-6218) was returning from Dedhia after attending a wedding when it plunged into the ditch.
• Culvert digging work on the road had reportedly started on Saturday morning.
• Local sources claimed there was a heap of soil on one side of the road and thorny acacia bushes placed as makeshift obstruction on the other side.
• Khawada police said no formal complaint had been registered in the matter at the time of reporting.
• Questions are being raised over the alleged negligence of the contractor and administration.
• Possibility of a culpable homicide case being registered against those responsible is being discussed following the tragedy.