Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 26: Former Minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla today lambasted the LG administration’s readiness for monsoon while expressing serious concern over the situation arising out of today’s rain in various localities of Gandhi Nagar constituency.
Bhalla expressed shock over collapse of strategic bridge at Dharap connecting more than 28 villages and also linking several roads upto RS Pura. He said that on several occasions, it was brought into kind notice of concerned authorities that the land by the pillars skidding away with every rain and that there is an urgent need for crate and protection wall to save this bridge but nothing was done in this regard.
“Similarly, due to no protection wall on Nallahs in Bhour Pind and Bhour Kothey, rain water entered into residential houses causing serious loss to properties and other things. In addition to this cremation ground got fully submerged in rain water and rains also damaged a school building. In Kalika colony, rain water due to no protection on Nallahs damaged several residential houses,” he added.
Bhalla was interacting with the people affected with rain in Gandhi Nagar constituency. He was accompanied by chief spokesperson JKPCC Ravinder Sharma, DCC president Yogesh Sawhney, former Minister Manohar Lal Sharma, DCC general secretary Urban Vijay Singh Chib and many others.
The former Minister said that the Government must take the plight of people seriously, in view of heavy losses suffered by the people of these areas. He alleged that the Government failed to take lessons from the September 2014 rains and floods and did not undertake the required dredging of Nallaha for free flow of water and construction, repairs and maintenance of embankments.
He said that the Congress party is very much concerned about the prevailing situation and the safety of the people. He assured the people that party will leave no stone unturned in highlighting the problems of people and extending all sort of help to affected people of these areas.
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