UP congress leaders on Sunday met the state Governor Ram Naik and urged him to issue direction to the chief minister Yogi Adityanath to expedite the relief and rescue operation to help the people affected by worst ever thunder storm in the state where over 100 person died besides huge loss to agriculture crops , public and private property and cattle’s. The Congress alleged that the promises and the announcements made by the chief minister Yogi Adityanath have so far proved to be hallow and making no impact on the ground.
The memorandum submitted to the Governor by the UP congress regretted that the chief minister at the hour of crisis instead of concentrating his time and energy on the relief operation for the affected people is busy in wanderlust and campaigning for the Karnataka state assembly elections. The delegation included the senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, congress leader in UP assembly Ajay Kumar and several other leaders.
The Congress leaders said the natural calamity caused huge loss in over a dozen districts and Agra was worst affected districts where 60 people lost their lives and 71 were seriously injured. They said the ferocity of disaster could be gauzed from the fact that the container trucks weighing several tons were overturned due to the tornado.
The congress demanded a compensation of at least Rs 20 lakh to the kins of the victims of the thunderstorm in Agra and other districts. Congress demanded from the government to ensure the free treatment of the injured persons in the government hospitals. The Congress also demanded the suspension of the recovery of the electricity bills, bank loans and other government dues and government job for the survivors of the victims of the thunder storm.