The Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyaya has asked the disaster-affected persons of various villages in Raipur block of Dehradun to submit a letter stating the damage sustained by them and measures required for safety from flood in the future. He assured the affected persons that he would talk to the State Government and get their issues resolved without delay.
In the recent past, various villages in the Raipur block of Dehradun were affected by landslides and floods resulting from heavy rains. The Uttarakhand PCC chief visited these villages and inspected the damage wreaked upon the homes and farms of villagers on Sunday afternoon. Upadhyaya visited Timli Man Singh, Sarkhet, Chamroli, Sila and Kyara in Kesharwala Panchayat area along with Sitapur and other villages in the area of Tehri district bordering Dehradun. The villagers who interacted with the PCC chief informed him about the damage wreaked by the heavy rains on homes, farmlands and roads. They also expressed their fears regarding the threat of damage from flood in the future. Upadhyaya asked the villagers to submit in writing the compensation they are seeking for the damage and the flood security measures required while assuring them that he would get these issues addressed without delay. After visiting the Sitapur village in Tehri district, the PCC chief telephoned the Tehri district magistrate and requested him to inspect the damage wreaked in the area. The Uttarakhand PCC programme in-charge Rajendra Shah, villagers Sanjay Kotwal, Vijendra Panwar, former District Panchayat member Ajit Rauthan, former Block Panchayat member Virendra Dobhal and others were also present during Upadhyaya's visit to the disaster affected villages.