ANANTNAG: Residents of Laribal, Kadigam and other villages of Bijbehara protested in the courtyard of DC office Anantnag against the Tehsildar of Bijbehara accusing him of being biased in distribution of interim relief among the flood victims. A delegation from the locality said that The residential houses in the locality that were severely damaged in the recent devastative floods were given mere Rs 3800 while the residential houses that suffered least or no losses were given Rs 12000.The locals demanded an impartial probe into the alleged malpractice. Team of government officials visited residential houses one by one.
We want to know what happened to their report. Whether the report was changed or the officials have sanctioned amount to flood hit locality on the basis of political affiliations, they added.
The delegation said that, a worst hit victim lost everything to floods. His residential
house was severely damaged. We were shocked to see that he was provided cheque of Rs 3800 while some families who lost nothing were provided Rs 12000. They also said that he has been making false promises and nothing else about relief. We will wait for few days to see if anything changes. Otherwise we will take action against the accused Tehsildar Bijbehara, DC Anantnag, Tassaduq Jeelani told protesters.
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