Sukhu orders CID probe into logs floating in Pandoh Dam

Videos of floating wood in the dam after cloudbursts in Mandi, Kullu had gone viral, prompting calls for investigation

- Dar Ovais

Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday decided to hand over the probe into the recent incident of logs accumulation in Pandoh Dam after recent cloudburst to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

The accumulation of forest wood in the dam late last month after cloudbursts in Kullu district had sparked a public concern after its images and videos went viral on social media. The videos and photographs of wood flushing down with the river and found floating in the Pandoh dam prompted calls for investigation.

Officials said that the state government has taken serious cognisance regarding the matter and to bring out in light the possible reasons behind the accumulation of wood in such a large quantity, the government has decided for the CID inquiry into the matter. “The first and foremost reaction to the incidents of cloudbursts and floods was to save the life of people and provide immediate relief to them wherein effective measures were underway to bring back normalcy in the flood hit regions,” officials said.