UTTARKASHI: 5 days after the flash flood flattened Uttarkashi’s Dharali village, residents got cheques of Rs 5,000 every as “fast reduction” Friday. Calling the reduction cash “grossly insufficient” given the dimensions of destruction, many refused to simply accept it, saying it was an “insult to our struggling.” “We now have misplaced all the things, our households, properties, companies price crores. This quantity is an insult,” one villager mentioned.Residents mentioned since there was no electrical energy within the space following the catastrophe, candle packets had been distributed to them however they arrived solely 4 days after the catastrophe. “We spent these nights in darkness. Used firewood to warmth meals. Govt talks about ration, however that, too, has not reached us. We needed to go door to door in search of it,” one in all them mentioned.On Friday, villagers staged protests exterior places of work of the DM and sub-divisional Justice of the Peace, shouting “Modi Ghaam taapo” over the gradual trickle of support. PM Modi had visited Harsil and Mukhba in March and had used the phrase to advertise winter tourism within the space. These very villages at the moment are struggling for fundamental services, a protester mentioned. A catastrophe administration officer mentioned the Rs 5,000 cheques had been an instantaneous measure, and full extent of losses continues to be being assessed.