'TINA- There Is No Accountability': Rahul Gandhi on UP techie's death

Days after the death of a software engineer whose car plunged into a waterfilled pit in Noida Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said Indias urban collapse is not about lack of money technology or solutions but about the lack of accountabilityYuvraj Mehta 27 who worked in Gurugram was returning to his home in Noida Sector 150 when his car fell into a deep waterfilled pit near an underconstruction site on the night of January 16 He died after frantically pleading for help for around two hoursIn a post on X Gandhi said Roads kill bridges kill fires kill water kills pollution kills corruption kills indifference kills Indias urban collapse isnt about lack of money technology or solutions Its about lack of accountabilityTINA m There Is No Accountability the Leader of Opposition said in a post on XGandhi shared a video carrying the remarks of an eyewitness who said timely action could have saved the man and that of the deceaseds father who lamented that there were several people there with some of them making videos but did not act to save his son The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday removed the Noida Authority CEO and ordered an SIT probe into the death of the software engineer amid mounting outrage over the incident and allegations of official and developer negligenceChief Minister Yogi Adityanath took cognisance of the incident and directed the constitution of a highlevel Special Investigation Team SIT to investigate the circumstances leading to the accident and submit a report within five daysMehta a resident of Tata Eureka Park society worked with a Gurugrambased company and was returning home late at night when the accident occurred His body was recovered after a prolonged search operation involving the fire department police State Disaster Response Force SDRF and National Disaster Response Force NDRFThe postmortem examination conducted on Monday revealed that Mehta died due to asphyxia followed by cardiac arrest police said The report noted that his nose was blocked with mud and water indicating drowning His last rites were performed later in the day in Haridwar in the presence of his father Raj Kumar Mehta and other family membersThe incident has sparked allegations of negligence inadequate safety arrangements and delays in rescue efforts with his father saying he had reached the spot and police other rescue personnel were also there but could not save him If expert divers could have gone in then maybe my son would have been saved Yuvraj kept crying for help as the car drowned he had lamented while speaking to reportersAn eyewitness Monidra a delivery agent alleged that timely intervention could have saved the techie Local residents staged protests over the weekend accusing authorities and developers of ignoring repeated complaints about waterlogging lack of barricading and absence of reflectors near the drain and construction siteThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever