The wounds inflicted by the disaster seem to have been left unhealed and the eyes seem to be turning into stones in wait for relief. This is what the situation is in disaster-hit Bagi, Mathiyan, Ghudsaal, Ragar, Banali and other villages. The residents have been waiting for the past three days for relief to arrive.
However, it has proved elusive till date. People have remained trapped in their houses and children are finding it difficult to go to schools as the roads and the foot bridge were damaged. Some, in a fit of desperation, are crossing ‘Gadera’ at grave risk to their life. It is surprising that the administration has not still been able to assess the magnitude of the damage wrecked by the cloudburst and the resultant landslides.
In Badyo tok of Mathiayan village,the cloudburst spawned landslides and the natural drain that is Gadera while in spate broke its banks following which several persons like Murti Ram, Rakesh Prasad, Mahadev Prasad,lakhi Ram, Dinesh, Indra Dutt and Shanti Prasad were left groping for shelter.
With the bridges for Mathiyan Khala, Deviname Tok and Ghudsal village having been washed off, the pedestrian paths were damaged too.
In Ghudsal village, five shops got under Song river. The highland communication services were also hit. With Mal Devta-Ghuttu Gandhak Paani motorable road having been washed off, the villagers remained cut off from district headquarters.
Five vehicles were found stuck up at various spots along the stretch. The larders are on the point of being exhausted. Unless these are replenished there might be food crisis.
In Ragar village, the families of Kripal Singh Rana and Deepak Singh Rana were staying at panchayat after their homes had been washed away. In Sera village, people were found entrapped in their homes after the bridge on Song had been washed away. Roads were damaged in Banali. Maroda-Banali motor road was blocked too. In Saundadi tok, the bridge on Gwad ki Gaad and motor roads were damaged due to which villagers had to stay put in their homes.