Former Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Kishore Upadhyaya has criticised the state government for organising the Tehri Lake festival at the time when the entire state is grieving the loss of lives in the Chamoli disaster. He claimed that the programme has come as putting salt on the wounds of the families of disaster victims.
In a statement, the Congress leader who also is a former MLA from Tehri said that just in front of the venue of the programme, there is a family whose only son has died in the natural disaster in Reni village of Chamoli. “The government has insulted this family by organising the programme. It would have been better if the money spent on the event was spent in relief of the families of the disaster victims,’’ he said.
The Congress leader also attacked the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat for not uttering a single word on the problems of Tehri Dam displaced and affected families in his speech in the programme.
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
