Sheopur: Ravaging floods in Madhya Pradesh have taken 24 lives till Sunday in the Chambal-Gwalior region. Thousands of people have been evacuated as rain continues to wreak havoc in the state. Around 1,250 villages are still reeling in the aftermath of the Madhya Pradesh floods, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar visited Sheopur on Saturday and faced an angry mob.
A day after locals hurled mud at Tomar's motorcade as he visited the flood-affected city, Sheopur district collector Rakesh Srivastava, and Superintendent of Police, Sampat Upadhyay have been transferred until further orders.
The reason for their transfer has not been revealed yet.
When Tomar visited Karatia Bazaar in the city to meet flood-victims, people jeered at him and were heard saying that he had come too late.
As he got down from his car and consoled some persons including weeping women, his convoy followed him. People threw mud and small dry sticks at the vehicles, eye witnesses said.
People complained to Tomar that they were not alerted about the floods in time and it was the district administration’s failure, witnesses said.
Sheopur Superintendent of Police Sampat Upadhaya said people complained to the minister that relief reached them late.
“But no vehicle in his motorcade was damaged,” the SP added.
However, after facing the angry mob, Tomar said, "Regions like Gwalior & Chambal are affected due to floods. I've met people & authorities. We're trying out best to help them by providing food&clean water first. I want to tell the people that govt, state govt & BJP are standing with them."
(with inputs from agencies)