News Reading Practice #10
(100 Day Challenge)
TIMELY TRAFFIC STOPPAGE AVERTS BIG TRAGEDY AT LANDSLIDE SITE
Subhash Rajta | TRIBUTE NEWS
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Vehicular traffic on the national highway-5 was stopped near Nigulsari
village in Kinnaur district barely a few hours before a major landslide washed away a 400-metre stretch of the road. The timely action of the district administration saved several precious lives.
Two years ago, 28 people were
killed and several others were injured when a massive landslide hit a bus and a
few other vehicles about half a kilometre from the current spot.
“We stopped traffic around 6
pm and the landslide occurred around 11 pm. So, yes, it was quite a close call,” said Chander Mohan Thakur, Tehsildar, Nichar. “Had
traffic not been closed, 10 to 15 vehicles would have been moving on the
stretch at the time of the landslide,” he added.
The road was sinking for the past eight to 10 days but still vehicles were
slowly allowed to cross the road stretch. “The restoration work on the road stretch was going on simultaneously and we were constructing breast walls to stabilise it. On Thursday evening, we noticed that the breast
walls had started swelling. Sensing the
danger, we informed the
administration and vehicular movement was stopped,” said Satish Joshi, a
National Highways Authority of India official.
Joshi said, “As the apple harvesting season is going on and peas are also being sent to various
markets, several vehicles could have been moving on the 400-metre stretch when
the landslide struck. A possible tragedy has been averted.”
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Stoppage - à´¨ിà´±ുà´¤്തല്
Avert - à´’à´´ിà´µാà´•്à´•ുà´•, തടുà´•്à´•ുà´•, à´µിലക്à´•ുà´•
Tragedy – à´¦ുà´°à´¨്à´¤ം
Landslide - ഉരുà´³്à´ªൊà´Ÿ്à´Ÿà´²്
Vehicular traffic – à´µാഹനഗതാà´—à´¤ം
Barely – à´•à´·്à´Ÿിà´š്à´š്
Washed away – à´’à´²ുà´š്à´šുà´ªോà´µുà´•
Timely action - à´•ാà´²ോà´šിതമാà´¯ à´ª്à´°à´µൃà´¤്à´¤ി.
Precious lives - à´µിലയേà´±ിà´¯ à´œീവനുà´•à´³്
Close call - à´•à´·്à´Ÿിà´š്à´š് à´°à´•്à´·à´ª്à´ªെà´Ÿുà´•
Sink - ജലത്à´¤ിà´²് à´®ുà´™്à´™ുà´•
Restoration - à´ªുà´¤ുà´•്à´•ിà´ª്പണിയല്, à´ªുനരുà´¦്ധരിà´•്à´•à´²്
Simultaneously -à´’à´°േസമയത്à´¤്
Stabilise - à´à´¦്à´°à´®ാà´•്à´•ുà´•, ഉറപ്à´ªിà´•്à´•ുà´•
Swell - തള്à´³ിà´¨ിà´²്à´•്à´•ുà´•, ഇളകിമറിà´¯ുà´•
Sense the danger - അപകടം മനസ്à´¸ിà´²ാà´•്à´•ുà´•
Harvesting season - à´µിളവെà´Ÿുà´ª്à´ª് à´•ാà´²ം.
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