Patna,(BiharTimes): State BJP chief Mangal Pandey and party’s MP from Darbhanga, Kirti Azad, on Sunday strongly criticized the Bihar government for its failure to carry out rescue and relief works in the flood hit districts of Bihar.
In a statement they said distribution of relief materials has been woefully inadequate as rations, polythene sheets and related materials were yet to reach the flood-affected people in 12 districts of the state. They alleged that several people have died due to hunger and related problems as rations did not reach them.
They said the affected people are running relief camps on their own and arranging foodgrains for their survival and added that the officials of the state government and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams are yet to reach the people living in marooned areas.
They also charged that crores of funds released for the purpose have been swindled by corrupt officials.
The Darbhanga BJP MP said that he has written letters to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bihar chief minister to draw their attention towards the plight of the flood-affected people in his constituency and elsewhere in the state and sought their immediate attention for proper distribution of relief camp among those affected people.