Dehradun, May 4 -- The extensive coverage required for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttarakhand has led to the media reporting on many issues that would normally not find place in the news feed. Since it was a matter of examining how politicians have performed and what issues are relevant to the people right at the bottom of the development chain, the reportage focused on roads and bridges not built, the lack of even basic medical facilities in remote areas, and where these were available, there were no doctors. Despite funds being available and projects approved, implementation not having taken place because of bureaucratic laxity. It has been a consistent flow of information that underlines systematic failures regardless of which party the loca...