Congress MlA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion raised a breach of privilege motion in the Assembly on Tuesday, alleging that the department has not addressed water-logging problem despite assurances from many, including the Chief Minister.
Such an apathy is making the accumulated water turn into a breeding ground for insects and this, in its turn, is inviting diseases.
Earlier, he had said that water logging is a regular happening in Milapnagar, Mohanpura and Dadhera. Due to this, the entire area is stinking.
The House had assured that they would have the water drained out. Even the Chief Minister made the same commitment. Even he pursued the matter personally with the irrigation department.
However, they passed the buck, saying that peyjal department would make the drainage plan.
Till Tuesday, the people are suffering being sandwiched between departments.
BJP MlA Madan Kaushik raised the unsolved case of two members of same family being murdered.
Home minister Preetam Singh said that the first family member was murdered on November 8, 2014 and later another was murdered on December 6, 2014. Police are probing the case.
However, the case has remained uncracked so far. He instructed the police to expedite the investigation and assured the Opposition that they are serious over the matter.
Kaushik demanded the Government to provide cash assistance to the family members. Pritam Singh announced that five lakh each would be given to the next of kin of the two deceased.
Khatima MlA Pushkar Singh Dhami informed the House that 14-year-old Shubham was murdered on January 21, 2015.
It was gory crime with his neck being slashed with knife. The murder happened when the boy was at home. This sparked panic among the people. Police have failed to crack it. Instead of solving the crime, police had taken the entire family to Delhi for lie detection test. Nothing came about there, he said.
Home minister sharing the member’s agony, Preetam Singh instructed police to it at the earliest. later he also announced Rs five lakh cash assistance to the bereaved family.
Kichha MlA Rajesh Shukla, raised issue of six families whose land eroded during the 2013 disaster.
Now the bank is out to auction their remaining land because they are unable to repay the bank loan.
He had submitted the matter under Section 58 in the morning, but it was not taken up as the leader of the Opposition Ajay Bhatt was absent when the House was short listing the matter during Zero Hour.
later parliamentary affairs minister Indira Hridayesh said that as he submitted the matter late it would be difficult to answer it. The Speaker said things ended there.
Hapless Shukla appealed to the Treasury Bench to give some relief to the families. The minister asked him to come to her cabin to discuss the matter.