CHAMBA:  Even after over 12 days, there is no end to  miseries for over 37 families of remote flood-hit Karghat village in Kakrotighata area of Siunhta sub-division  in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.  

Even as Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur reached out to the  members including children of the 37 families on August 29, but dark future stares at them ahead of the coming winter months.

Chief Minister had promised them all types of support to the  families hit by the floods, but  nothing had come their way so far, they rued.  

What has added to their miseries is that they face rains in the coming days as predicted by the MET department.  

The family members rued that the flash flood and landsides have wiped out their cultivable land and their houses have developed cracks.

Local MLA from Bhatiat Bikram Jaryal  vacated their houses due to the security issues and allotted them tents away from the flood battered village on August 18.

“We used to the grow crops in our land, but this land has been washed away in the landslides”, resented Suka Ram and Desraj, who along with their families have been living in tents since August  18.  

Will the government give us land or compensate them for the huge loss to their crops and land and houses”, they questioned.

 “There is no surety so far on this, only VIPs visits only and left us her only giving us false assurances”, they said.

Most hit are the villagers from Kukroti, Balana, Hatli, Thulel.  The natural disaster  has made their life insecure as the government relief manual offer them little help.

Himachal Pradesh has suffered losses to the tune of Rs 1891 crore so far

Meanwhile the central team has assessed the losses to the life, limb and property including roads, bridges, IPH schemes, crops etc to the tune of Rs 1891 crore  in Himachal Pradesh due to the monsoons so far.

The Central team would submit report to the Home Minister for compensation and financial assistance to Himachal Pradesh.