The State Government has put the number of persons who have been missing/dead in the recent natural tragedy in Uttarakhand at 542. The information was given by Principal Secretary Revenue RK Chaturvedi in a review meeting over action ensured by Madhya Pradesh Government on post-Uttarakhand natural calamity, which was presided over by Chief Secretary R Parasuram here on Friday.
During the meeting the Chief Secretary apprised himself with Revenue Department action in detail. Chaturvedi said that as per information collected by State Disaster Management Institute, State’s 542 citizens have not returned from Uttarakhand. They have been placed under the category of missing/dead. He said the entire data had been collected from districts and would be displayed on website also.
He further highlighted that all necessary information had also been sent to Uttarakhand Government. Apart from State Government assistance, families of deceased in Uttarakhand calamity will also provided Rs 3.50 lakh assistance each by the Union Government. Of this, Rs 1.50 lakh will be provided from Central Disaster Relief Fund and Rs 2 lakh from Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. Besides, families of those missing or dead in Uttarakhand calamity are also being given Rs 2 lakh each by Uttarakhand government. A list of 542 missing/dead persons from state’s 35 districts has been prepared. It is noteworthy that basis of details of information about number of dead and affected persons was FIR registered in police stations. These details were sent to districts and information about missing persons was collected by examination conducted by concerning collectors and other sources.