Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna had to beat a hasty retreat after being confronted by angry cloudburst affected families in Uttarkashi on Wednesday.
Unable to give satisfactory replies to the queries from the people,
Bahuguna was forced to return from the entrance of the Gangotri village.
Bahuguna's wish to inspect the main affected area in the village
remained unfulfilled due to the public mood. The agitated villagers
expressed their anger by burning an effigy of the chief minister in
protest of his perfunctory visit to Gangori.
The CM was on a one -day tour of disaster affected area in Uttarkashi
on Wednesday. He arrived at Chinyalisaur by helicopter and after paying
a brief air visit of Bhatwari, Bahuguna boarded a car from Uttarkashi
and headed for Gangotri. After reaching Tekla, the CM had to walk about
100 metres to reach the village worst hit by the cloudburst. Bahuguna
had barely reached the entrance of the village when the affected people
surrounded him complaining about poor relief measures of the state
government.
The chief minister was not ready for the situation and decided to
abandon his tour. His visit to Gangori concluded in less than ten
minutes. The villagers were agitated over the attitude of the
Uttarkashi district administration, which was handling the disaster like
routine a job, working during office hours only. The people were
demanding round the clock rescue and relief operation. Despite a
favourable weather, the affected people were still waiting for relief in
Uttarkashi.
In Gangotri 25 houses were washed away by the flash flood in the
Bhagirathi river. The local administration was yet to restore water and
electricity supply in 85 villages. Seven villages near Sangam Chatti
remains cut off from the rest of the world. The August 3 cloudburst
created havoc in Uttarkashi. The damage has been estimated at around Rs.
600 crore.
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