Tehri MP Mala Rajyalakshmi Shah who had reached after six days had elapsed since the disaster struck to apply balm to the festering injuries of the victims, left after giving a host of verbal assurances.
People, who recounted their tales of sufferings to the MP, later said it was, as if, the MP had taken them for a ride while dishing out assurances and doling out nothing in concrete terms.They said they were living in school rooms with their children and demanded pre-fabricated houses or tin-sheds to live in. They further said they had pinned hope on their MP and member of the erstwhile Tehri Royal family.
“However, what we have got are lip-services, vacuous assurances,” one of them said The children said they had been living in the school for the past five days due to which classes were being affected. They further said a huge crack had developed on the hill, endangering the very existence of Bagi village. Gram Pradhan Chait Ram Bijalwan demanded the victims be given relief on the lines of Kedarnath disaster relief.
MP Rajyalakshmi Shah said talks were on with the government on the matter. She said she would provide succor to them through MPlAD funds. Zila Panchayat chief Sona Sajwan announced Rs 2 lakh to be used in opening the roads and the paths in the area. In addition, five solar lanterns would be given to each of the villages he assured.