Case in point, a statement by the Press Information Bureau dated February 20 announcing the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs for ₹1383 crore project to build a "4.531 km long 2-Lane Bi-Directional Silkyara Bend - Barkot Tunnel with escape passage' on the Yamunotri route. However, the expert panel appointed by the Uttarakhand government following the tunnel collapse has pointed to the absence of the 'escape passage' as a major omission, in its preliminary observations - as reported by ET.
