Champawat, May 11 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inspected the Gram Panchayat Devipura of Banbasa area in Champawat district on Saturday.

During the visit, villagers apprised the CM that they are facing a huge danger due to excessive erosion in the Sania drain, and crocodiles have been seen in the drain, which has created an atmosphere of fear and insecurity among the people of the area, said an official statement.

Taking the problem of the public seriously, Chief Minister Dhami directed the officials of the Forest Department and Irrigation Department to take immediate action on the spot.

After the instructions of the Chief Minister, the work of cleaning the drain was started by calling a JCB machine within 1 hour. A...