‘15-metre-high, capacity 11 lakh litres’: Surat’s Rs 21 crore water tank collapses before inauguration; 8 arrested

Eight individuals, including two government officials, were apprehended following the catastrophic collapse of a newly constructed overhead water tank in Tadkeshwar. The arrests stem from alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating. Engineering experts are now investigating the structural failure, with police awaiting their technical report to guide further actions and potential additional arrests.

‘15-metre-high, capacity 11 lakh litres’: Surat’s Rs 21 crore water tank collapses before inauguration; 8 arrested
Eight individuals, including two government officials, were apprehended following the catastrophic collapse of a newly constructed overhead water tank in Tadkeshwar. The arrests stem from alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating. Engineering experts are now investigating the structural failure, with police awaiting their technical report to guide further actions and potential additional arrests.