Following the latest spell of rain, the Gaula River has started eroding land at Khuriakhatta, Srilanka island and lalmitti areas.
Villagers phoned Congress leader Harendra Vohra for the safety of the villagers. The politician visited the flood affected areas on Sunday.
He contacted the Nainital District Magistrate Deepak Rawat and demanded that adequate arrangements would be made to protect the land from erosion. The DM said that a sum of `4 lakh will soon be released to the Irrigation Department for diverting the flow of the water away from the village.
Water in the Gaula River has risen following rains for about a week in the mountains and the plains. land has been lost to the raging waters of the river in various localities while the same threat is being faced in some other localities. Anxious villagers are keeping awake at night to keep an eye on the status of land loss from the river.
Villager Ramesh Goswami said that so far in Khuriyakhatta number eight, SS Dhami, DS Dhami have lost one acre land each, MS Dhami and MB Mehra have lost a bigha each while KS Danu has lost two bigha land to the raging Gaula river. He further said that the who village would be under threat if the river cuts into more than 100 metres of land.
On the other hand, the Tehsildar Bhuwan Chandra Kandpal said that the local administration has made all necessary arrangements to tackle a flood. A flood control cell has been opened at the Tehsil and so far no reports of land loss due to the river have been received from any area. The Gaula river which flowing as it was in the past, is also being monitored.