After alleging rescue and relief operations are completely insufficient for saving the lives of disaster-hit victims in the mountainous parts of Uttarakhand, BJP national secretary Trivendra Singh Rawat has said that the party leaders will also monitor the rescue operations and will also point out anomalies during the relief operations carried out by the Congress-led State Government.
While addressing the media at State BJP head office in Dehradun on Thursday, Rawat lamented that the State Government has completely failed on all fronts for carrying prompt and sufficient relief operations in the disaster-hit areas of the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand. After expressing concern that funds sanctioned for the relief works are completely insufficient to meet with the demands of the disaster hit villagers in the state, Rawat said that the Union Government should sanction Rs 20,000 crore for relief works.
Rawat also lamented that the State Government is being paranoid especially relief work that was sent from the Gujarat and further aid that 29,01,200 lakh relief kits worth Rs 12.5 crore was sent to the State, but not a single State Government functionary has talked about it till date. Rawat stressed that the state government should take effective step for creating awareness among the masses about the eco-sensitive zone. He said that the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has recently constituted committee for monitoring the relief operations in the disaster-hit areas of Uttarakhand and it has further strengthen the anomalies pointed out by the BJP leaders during the relief operations.
Rawat also expressed his concern over the issue that the Congress-led State Government is also avoiding to disclose the exact figure regarding the causalities and damaged properties in the disaster hit areas of Uttarakhand. He said that Vidhan Sabha speaker had himself the disclose death toll upto 10,000, but the State Government is neither accepting nor disclosing the exact casualty figure. After expressing his concern over the lack of coordination among the different Government departments, Rawat also urged that the Congress-led State Government introduce efficient steps for redressing the grievances of those villagers who are living in the fringe parts of the state.
He also claimed that the party is also extensively operating in the disaster hit areas of the state for providing relief to the disaster-hit victims of the State. Umesh Agarwal, DS Rawat and MS Rawat were also present.