We don't want flood relief, but freedom from floods:

Engineer Sunil Kushwaha

Prayagraj, 02 July (HS): An important meeting of the Bandh Banao Sangharsh

Morcha was held today under the chairmanship of convener, Engineer Sunil

Kushwaha. The meeting reviewed in detail the preparations for the Keep

Your Promise - Build a Dam march, to be held on Monday at 10:00 am. This

march will begin at the AG Office Square and continue to the District

Magistrate's Office in Prayagraj.

Addressing the meeting, Engineer Sunil Kushwaha said that the flood-affected

people of Prayagraj have been demanding a permanent solution for years, but

have received only assurances. He added that in 2014, a public Satyagraha and

hunger strike were held at Subhash Chowk for 18 days to press for this very

demand. Given the seriousness of the movement and widespread public support,

the then MP from the Phulpur constituency and current Deputy Chief Minister of

Uttar Pradesh, Keshav Prasad Maurya, publicly promised to construct a flood

protection dam. The movement was ended in honor of that assurance, but even

after 12 years, that promise remains unfulfilled.

He said that crores of rupees are spent every year on flood relief and rescue,

but no concrete action is taken toward a permanent solution. As a result, the

people of Prayagraj are forced to face floods, disease, filth, and economic

crisis every year.

Engineer Sunil Kushwaha said that the Keep the Promise - Build the

Dam march is not a movement of any individual or organization, but a mass

movement for the rights and future of the flood-affected people of Prayagraj.

He appealed to students, businessmen, lawyers, teachers, social organizations

and all conscious citizens to make the march a success by attending the AG

Office Square in large numbers on July 20, 2026, at 10 am, and to remind the

government of its unfulfilled promise. Ram Sumer Patel, Manvendra Pratap Singh,

Sukhdev Prasad, Rajaram Kushwaha, Rajkumar and many others were present on this

occasion.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi