Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday visited the site of the breached Tiware dam in Ratnagiri district on Monday and met families of the victims. The former Union minister also extended financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh each to the affected families from the party’s welfare fund.
Several people died and a number of villagers went missing after the dam breached on July 3 following a downpour. While the state government has formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the incident, villagers have demanded action against officials responsible for negligence.
On Monday, Pawar visited the site and met the affected families along with other senior leaders of the party.
Former NCP state president, Bhaskar Jadhav, who was accompanying Pawar, said the people are angry because of the negligence of the concerned officials. Jadhav said the villagers have “copies of complaint letters written in the past two years about a possible breach”.