Pirana Drainage Tragedy: 10-Year-Old Visually Impaired Girl Missing After 5 Days, Congress Demands FIR Against AMC Engineers
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AHMEDABAD — Five days after a 10-year-old visually impaired girl fell into an open drainage line near the Pirana intersection on the Vishala-Narol road, search operations by the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services have yielded no trace of the child.
With over 90 hours passing since the incident near the Pirana dumping station, the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee has filed a formal application at the Narol Police Station demanding criminal charges against responsible officers from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).
The complaint, submitted by Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary Rajesh T. Soni, accuses civic authorities of grave negligence. Congress leaders questioned why law enforcement agencies have failed to book municipal engineers and site supervisors despite clear safety lapses on a busy public stretch.
Five Key Demands Submitted to Narol Police
The opposition party submitted a list of five core demands to the police, calling for an immediate investigation into the structural and maintenance records of the site:
- Filing of FIR: Register criminal charges under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against AMC engineering officials and contractors responsible for the site.
- Intensified Search Operations: Expand and step up multi-agency rescue efforts to locate the missing 10-year-old girl.
- Role Fixation: Investigate the specific duties and oversight failures of the engineering department and maintenance staff.
- Safety & Maintenance Audit: Inspect official maintenance logs and determine whether prior complaints regarding open drainage access had been filed.
- Unbiased Accountability: Take strict legal action against any negligent official regardless of their designation or rank.
Civic Negligence Under Scrutiny as Search Continues
In the application, Congress highlighted that maintaining public roads and ensuring citizen safety falls squarely on civic administration. The party stressed that if investigation reveals inadequate safety barriers or dereliction of duty, responsible officers must face prosecution.
While fire department teams continue their search through the underground drainage network, pressure is mounting on municipal authorities to explain the presence of uncovered drainage lines on major public thoroughfares.
