People who claimed to be the victims of the August floods have padlocked the ward offices in Gulariya Municipality for the past three days, saying that they have been deprived of government relief. Omkar Baniya, a local from Khairapur, said that they were compelled to take such a step after being removed from the list of flood-affected families. The agitating locals had taken out a protest rally on Tuesday and padlocked the ward offices. They blamed the local authorities for not providing relief to the genuine flood victims. Krishna Adhikari of Khairapur claimed the government provided relief materials to the “fake” flood victims while denying the real victims of the relief. He also complained about discrimination during the distribution of relief in the presence of the people’s representatives. Mayor Muktinath Yadav, however, said that relief materials had been distributed only to the genuine flood victims. Complaints have been filed against about 150 “fake victims” at the district administration office. Chief District Officer Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said the accused people had been denied relief, adding that an investigation was underway. राहत वितरणमा नाम छुटाएको भन्दै बाढी पीडितले बर्दियाको गुलरिया नगरपालिका वडा नम्बर एक र दुईको कार्यालयमा तालाबन्दी गरेका छन् । आफुहरुको नाम छुटाई नक्कली बाढी पीडितलाई राहत वितरण गरेको भन्दै उनीहरुले आज तालाबन्दी गरेका हुन् । माग सम्बोधन नभएसम्म कार्यालयमा लगाएको ताला नखालिने उनीहरुले बताएका छन् । नगरपालिका र गाउँपालिकामार्फत जनप्रतिनिधिको रोहवरमा वितरण गरिएको नगद राहतमा पक्षपात भएको भन्दै स्थानीय आक्रोसित भएका छन् । नगरप्रमुख मुक्तीनाथ यादवले भने नक्कली बाढी पीडितलाई राहत उपलब्ध नगराएको बताउनुभयो । दुई ठाउँबाट राहत लिन खोज्ने लगायत विरुद्ध करीब डेढ सय जनाको उजुरी परेकाले छानबिन सुरु गरिएको प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारी नारायणप्रसाद भट्टराईले बताउनुभयो । हालसम्म बाढी पीडितका नाममा करीब २३ करोड रकम नगरपालिका र गाउँपालिकालाई निकासा गरिसकेको जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालयले जनाएको छ ।