Village Makauda Port. It is the village of Dinanagar town in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, where senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited on Monday. He was going to go to 7 villages adjacent to the border across the river from Makauda port, from where Pakistan border passes
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However, the Punjab Police and the district administration did not let them go forward citing security reasons. Rahul Gandhi raised questions about his safety. Dainik Bhaskar app The team reached the villages to know the reality on the ground, in which Rahul Gandhi was not allowed to go.
According to the information, Rahul Gandhi was to go by boat from Makauda port, where he was about to meet people in Kajla village. This village is about 4 km from the border. People of village Lasian were also coming here to meet Rahul Gandhi.
We sat in a boat from Makauda port to every village spread within a radius of 7 km, where people were about to meet Rahul Gandhi. People are disappointed here. He says that he himself was going to meet Rahul, but the administration did not send the boat. Let us know that these are the villages that have been cut off from Punjab due to floods at this time. There is only the support of the boat to reach these 7 villages.
Army soldiers pulling the boat from the river Makauda on the river Makauda.
Rahul Gandhi could not reach these 7 villages In the journey of 7 villages, we first reached Lasiana, the closest to the border. It is about 7 km from the border. Lasian is the village of Pathankot region. After this, we reached the village of Tur, Chib, Bharriyal, Kooker, Kajla and Mamiyan and talked to people.
People have told that there was only one road to them, which has flowed into the water. Now it can only be here by boat. People are disappointed that Rahul Gandhi was going to come to know his condition, but he was not allowed to come. People said that there is no threat to them. There is no criminal in all 7 villages nearby.
The paved road up to the seven villages up to 100 meters was washed away in the flow of Ujj Dariya.
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There is no criminal in seven villages, not allowed Gandhi to meet: Mahinder Singh, a resident of village Kajla, said that every house in our village was submerged in water. There are about 45 houses in the village and 140 people live. He said- There is no person in our 7 villages who can pose a threat to Rahul Gandhi’s safety. Everyone is going to live here. This is a backward area. No leader comes here. The leader who tried to come here was stopped across the river citing security.
Waited from morning to evening, could not meet Gandhi Raghubir Singh, who hails from village Lasian, said- We had come to us some officers for first checking. He checked other things including our bike and was taken from the village that Rahul Gandhi would meet. After this we got ready and went to meet Rahul Gandhi, but could not meet.
Raghubir Singh said that Pakistan’s border is seen from our village. Raghubir Singh said- My family’s about 123 acres of land was affected due to floods. There is a little bit left. The rest is ruined.
3000 thousand acre crop wasted Raghubir Singh says that more than 3 thousand acres of crops of seven villages have been damaged due to Ujj Dariya. It has neither received any compensation nor any leader tried to reach.
Rahul went to meet Gandhi, police stopped across the river Fakir Singh of Lasiana village said that he had gone to meet Rahul Gandhi, but the police did not let him go ahead. Fakir Singh said- We could not meet with Rahul Gandhi. At around 5 pm, we returned to our village without meeting Rahul Gandhi.
Fakir Singh said- Mangal is far away, no one has let us go near. More than 10 acres of land has been affected in our floods. Our village is about one kilometer from the border. It would be good if Rahul Gandhi comes here.
There were only two rooms in Bakshish Singh’s house, both fell 78-year-old Bakshish Singh, who hails from Rajpur Chib village, said- My house was 2 room. One room fell perfectly, there has been a big crack in the other room, which can fall anytime. Water was filled inside my house. When the house fell, I was in the outside part of the house.
Bakshish Singh said- Rahul Gandhi did not come to our village, but we had told us to the sarpanch of the village. The sarpanch of our village went to meet Rahul Gandhi, but we were not allowed to go.
The elderly Bakshish Singh, whose house fell due to floods.
Rahul Gandhi’s program was in our village Raj Kumar, a resident of village Barial, told that we prepared to meet Rahul. Then the boat did not come to pick us up. The village had water from about 6 to 7 feet. If someone comes to some disaster, one has to wait for the boat, because the temporary wooden bridge was removed due to floods. Rahul Gandhi’s program was in our village, but he was stopped by the police on Makauda port.
According to Raj Kumar, there are a total of 40 to 50 houses in his village. More than 20 houses have suffered more damage in the village. The village has about 250 votes. His village is about 5 km from the banks of the river. From there, one has to go in the boat till Makauda port. Now the situation is such that if someone becomes more ill in the village, it takes a long time to take Makauda port from the boat and to Dinanagar or Gurdaspur from there.
According to Raj Kumar, he has lost 20 acres of land. About 400 acres of land of farmers of his village has been destroyed.
Institutions are assessing the loss by reaching people’s home Please tell that there were more than 50 houses in the seven villages who have suffered heavy losses. When the roof of someone’s house fell, someone’s whole house fell. There have been cracks in many people’s homes, while many people have had a garbage in the houses of 2-3 feet.
In such a situation, institutions of Gurdaspur and other districts are reaching the homes of the people and assessing the loss. This will provide financial help to fix their homes. The members of Sant Kabir Public School, who arrived from Gurdaspur to help the people, were going to the homes of the people and taking information about the loss.
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Social organizations are distributing clothes in seven villages cut off from Punjab.
The members of Sant Kabir Public School, who arrived after the roof of the 78 -year -old woman’s house collapsed, assessed the loss of his house.
There was a debate between Rahul Gandhi and police officers Please tell that on Monday, when Rahul Gandhi was moving towards flood affected villages in Gurdaspur, police officials stopped him. SP Jugraj Singh of Gurdaspur, citing security reasons, said that Pakistan has a further border and fencing is broken. On this, Rahul Gandhi had said that if he is not getting security in the territory of India.
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Wading also said that if Rahul Gandhi is not safe in India, then where will be safe? However, SP Jugraj Singh later made it clear that he did not stop Rahul Gandhi, but had given information about the problems and security parameters of the area.
