JORHAT, May 24 � Demanding rehabilitation of more than 150 displaced families and government�s adequate measures for protecting greater Jhanjimukh area of Jorhat district thousands of locals and members of AASU today staged protest against the State Government�s negligence for solving their problems.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi�s effigy was immersed in the Brahmaputra river by the protesters near Jhanjimukh platform as neither the local MLA nor the government officials concerned paid heed to their basic demands for long.
�Earlier, the people requested several times to solve the problem of massive erosion. About 157 families are yet to be rehabilitated in the area. Today the people staged democratic protest against utmost negligence of the State Government,� said Jitu Neog, an AASU member.
The locals demanded for taking up immediate measures for protecting the localities from the erosion through boulder-spur. Rehabilitation of the displaced families was also demanded by the locals.
