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“The residents of Chaien village have been waiting for 13-14 years for rehabilitation,” Sati said. Recurring loss and constant fear “We live in constant fear of death due to rocks falling from the mountains and the earth shaking due to the tunneling work for the power project,” 62-year-old Yashoda Devi said. She said 21 families whose houses had developed cracks due to the tunneling work were rehabilitated in Joshimath, located on the opposite mountain. “We were assured of rehabilitation in a phased manner, but haven’t heard anything in the past few years,” Yashoda Devi said. The Vishnuprayag Hydroelectric Project was awarded in 1992 by the then Uttar Pradesh government to Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited. The run-of-the-river project entailed building a barrage in Lambagad, behind the mountain on which Chaien village is located. The water from the reservoir is diverted through tunnels under village. ....
UP woman, brother held for killing man who blackmailed her ANI | Updated: Dec 12, 2020 10:41 IST Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 12 (ANI): A woman and her brother were arrested in Gandhi Nagar area here on Friday for allegedly killing a man who was blackmailing her, police said. Kuldeep Singh, Superintendent of Police, Aligarh City, said that Yashoda Devi had an illicit affair with victim Deepu Kanti, a sanitation worker, who used to allegedly blackmail her with an obscene video. Kanti went missing on December 3 after which a complaint was lodged. His body was found in a nullah on December 10, following which we traced Yashoda and her brother Rajkumar. Yashoda, who had an illicit affair with the victim, murdered him because he was blackmailing her with an obscene video, Singh told reporters here. (ANI) ....