The Dobrachanthi Pull Banao Samiti’s chief convener and senior BJP leader Rajeshwar Prasad Painuly met people of Raika Dharmandal’s Okhlakhal, Dharkot and other villages under Pratapnagar Assembly constituency to discuss the problems they have been facing after Tehri dam came up.He said that Pratapnagar had suffered most for the dam. “But they are being ignored in matters of rehabilitation and compensation. Things are vegetating partly because of corruption and partly for administrative apathy,” he said, adding that Dobrachanthi bridge and Bhadiyana Motana ropeway remaining incomplete are instances of sluggish approach to solve their problems.
He said that the Samiti had been fighting for completion of the bridge for a long time. The state government has stirred itself into action because of this, he claimed. “We would fight too to have the water scarcity and land erosion problems solved,” he said. He demanded Pratpnagar region be made backward area to speed up development. He also demanded that apart from nine crematoriums being constructed around the Dam- affected parts by THDC and Rehabilitation department, some more should be built near Bhaldiyana and Jalkur.