Senior Congress leader and AICC member GS Bali criticize state Govt for failing to provide relief to people suffering due to the recent heavy rain in the Kangra valley. He said those who lost their houses due to the rain, Govt even failed to provide temporary shelters for them.

He said revenue officers avoided to visit the sites on the pretext that it was raining. He added that roads were blocked or washed away and officials haven’t turned up. He said lift irrigation schemes were damaged, but the authorities were in slumber. He said a big tree fell on a double-storey building on the national highway in his constituency, but no government agency came to help.

He charged the Govt with failure on the law and order front as well. He said three murders were committed in the district in 24 hours. He claimed that the liquor mafia was controlling the administration. He alleged that Dhumal was indulging in politics and forgetting governance due to dissensions within the BJP. He said the DRPGMC hospital building at Tanda was in a bad shape because funds for maintenance were not provided.