Food grains, canopies, sugar, pulse, torches, blankets, bed sheets and other essential items which are received by the State from Maharana Pratap Sports College, Raipur are being sent through utility vehicles and mini trucks to the disaster affected districts. To ensure relief items are reached the places where there is shortage of these items, a home guard is deployed in each mini truck, said Dehradun district magistrate BVRC Purushottam.
Food is being supplied to the affected areas based on demand made by district magistrates concerned. A total of 13 mini trucks were sent to disaster affected areas in Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Pauri and Bageshwar on Sunday, he added.
Purushottam said that Tehsildar Dinesh Mohan Uniyal was made nodal officer to collect food items and other essentials at Maharana Pratap Sports College. District Transport officer was instructed to arrange vehicles to transport relief materials to the affected areas. Dehradun labour department officer has been directed to deploy labourers to load and unload materials at Sports College.
MDDA Secretary Banshidhar Tiwari said that 125 truck loads of food items have been received at Sports College in the last few days from different parts of the country. Around 300 vehicles were sent with this material to affected districts. Urban development additional director YK Pant said that a total of 34 vehicles were sent to affected areas including eight to Rudraprayag, four to Guptkashi, nine to Ukhimath, nine to Bageshwar, three to Uttarkashi and one to Karnaprayag on Saturday while 13 vehicles departed with the materials on Sunday.
At some places, some local residents stopped these vehicles and demanded unloading of food items there. To ensure food items are received at higher reaches of the state, a home guard is deployed in each truck. The department officials have been directed to collect delivery receipt from the drivers.
Truck loaded with food and other essential items were received from Bharatiya Hindu Ektadal- Bareilly, Samast Union Transport- Bahadurgarh, Bhai Kanheya Sewa Society- Sirsa, Haryana, Max Health, Dehradun, M Zafar Khan, Zila Panchayat Adhikari, Haridwar, Railway Station Bhopal, Sheetla Bhanjan Mandir, Punjab.