The Inter-ministerial group has agreed to Rs 6,687 crore financial help for reconstruction of Uttarakhand after devastation, which happened due to cloudburst on June 16-17, during a meeting in Delhi on Friday. The decision will be ratified in the Cabinet Committee set up on Uttarakhand under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
Disclosing this, Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar said that Rs 3,000 crore would be provided by the Asian Development Bank and World Bank’s EAP.
Apart from this, Rs 1,187 crore would be provided by NDRF and Rs 1,000 crore by the Central Assistance Scheme, and Rs 1,500 crore would be additional central assistance.
These funds would be used for construction of roads, drinking water projects, irrigation, energy and other basic facilities.