An employee involved in the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project was fired after making an unusual claim that rats were responsible for a section of the road caving in at Rajasthan’s Dausa district.
A large pothole has formed in the middle of the road in Dausa district, Rajasthan, due to water leakage.
This is the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, which is over 1,350 kilometers long and is India's longest expressway.
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Employee’s Claim and Company Response
The employee, who introduced himself as the Maintenance Manager, was actually a junior staff member of KCC Buildcon. He had told the media that rats or small animals may have dug a hole, which allowed water to seep through and weaken the road. Following his comments, the company clarified in a letter to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) that the employee lacked technical knowledge of the project and had been terminated.
Official Explanation for the Cave-In
Balveer Yadav, the project director of the expressway in Dausa, stated that the road collapsed due to a water leak, and not because of animals. The area was quickly barricaded and repaired once the issue was identified.
About the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
The 1,386-kilometer-long Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is set to be India’s longest expressway, reducing travel time between the two cities from 24 hours to 12–13 hours. It passes through Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra. As of July 2024, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari confirmed that 80% of the expressway was completed, with full completion expected in another year.
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