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Scanty relief for flood-hit people of Bihar
Munger, Sept 16: Scant relief measures forced the flood-hit people in the district to vent their anger on government officials and vehicles at Naugarhi in Bihar`s Munger district today, official sources said.
Munger, Sept 16: Scant relief measures forced the flood-hit people in the district to vent their anger on government officials and vehicles at Naugarhi in Bihar's Munger district today, official sources said.
A mob at the Naugarhi relief centre overturned the official vehicles of the block development officer of Tarapur and the district agricultural officer of Munger protesting inadequacy of relief material and delay in its arrival, the
sources said.
They said glasses of a Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (BSRTC) bus and a truck carrying relief material were also damaged by a stone-throwing crowd. The District Magistrate Gauta Goswami told a news agency the situation was fully under control.
After the initial restlessness leading to "mild violence", the relief material was being distributed as usual, Goswami, who was camping at Naugarhi told a news agency by the phone.
He, however, denied that government vehicles were set afire by the mob as reported by some private TV channels.
Bureau Report
They said glasses of a Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (BSRTC) bus and a truck carrying relief material were also damaged by a stone-throwing crowd. The District Magistrate Gauta Goswami told a news agency the situation was fully under control.
After the initial restlessness leading to "mild violence", the relief material was being distributed as usual, Goswami, who was camping at Naugarhi told a news agency by the phone.
He, however, denied that government vehicles were set afire by the mob as reported by some private TV channels.
Bureau Report