Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan sailed by boat to flood-affected villages Atraliya, Mandi, Satdev, Chaursakheri and Chheepaner in Nasrullaganj tahsil of Sehore district and took stock of the situation on Thursday.
At all the villages, the Chief Minister interacted with flood-affected persons and assured them that the State Government stood by them in this hour of crisis.
Chouhan said that compensation of Rs 70,000 would be given for fully destroyed house, Rs 50,000 for partial damages, interim relief of Rs 5,000 each, 50 kg of wheat and 5 litre of kerosene to flood-affected people. The Chief Minister said that directives had been given to the district administration to start survey of damages to crops. Crop insurance amounts would be provided at the earliest. The Chief Minister said that relief would also be given for death of domestic cattle/ fowls as per provisions of RBC.
The Chief Minister said that the Union government had provided no relief in this hour of crisis. But there was no need to worry since the State government stood by the affected people. Chouhan visited the residence of Sanjay Yadav and Mukesh Yadav at Mandi village and expressed grief over death of their father.
He also visited the residence of freedom fighter late Birde Singh at village Seegaon and consoled his relatives. At village Gopalpur, Chouhan visited the house of Ganesh Ram Malviya and expressed grief over the death of his mother Sampat Bai. At villages Seegaon, Kumantal, Baibodi, Borkhera Khurd, Borkhedi, the Chief Minister consoled the families of deceased people or those missing in Uttarakhand. At village Atraliya, Chouhan assured that a middle school would be started and furniture would be provided to Gopalpur higher secondary school.
At Gopalpur, Chouhan also had mid-may meal with girl students. He also honoured students Vikrant Sengar, Swapnik Trivedi, Swatantra Vishwakarma and Pawan Malviya with cheques for participating in national kabaddi competition.Forest Development Corporation's chairman Guru Prasad Sharma, MP Warehousing Corporation's chairman Rajendra Singh Rajput, MARKFED's chairman Ramakant Bhargava, other public representatives and a large number of villagers were present on the occasion.