Chief Minister Harish Rawat announced formation of various committees to look into various issues related to slum regularisation, disaster and infrastructure.
Addressing the media, Rawat said that though the State Government had amended disaster relief compensation norms and increased the amount, there was a need to look into this issue. A six-member committee headed by social activist PD Bhatt with additional secretary, Revenue as member secretarty and ex MlA KS Negi, JS Bisht, Sanjay Saini and MD Joshi as members would look into this issue.
Regarding the complex problems related to slum settlements being faced in the State, a committee headed by parliamentary secretary and Rajpur Road MlA Rajkumar with Municipal Corporation of Dehradun Mukhya Nagar Adhikari Harak Singh Rawat as member secretary, MCD leader of opposition Neenu Sehgal, former leader of opposition in Haridwar municipality Sanjay Sharma, Khajan Pande and Sehila Kakkar would look into this issue, make recommendations and prepare a roadmap for development of slum settlements. “We have spent much on creating infrastructure for the Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra and it would be improper to leave this infrastructure unused later.
A committee headed by me with Kapkot MlA lalit Farswan from Kumaon and Tharali MlA Jeet Ram from Garhwal as vice chairmen and two members of the Nanda Devi Raj Jat committee along with MlAs from the core area of this Yatra as members will focus on how to use and maintain the infrastructure.
A committee headed by parliamentary secretary and Raipur MlA Umesh Sharma ‘Kau’ will focus on works needed in the disaster affected areas of Saklana in Tehri district and Maldevta in Dehradun district while another committee headed by parliamentary secretary VS Negi will focus on the disaster affected areas of Yamkeshwar, Neelkant, Dwarikhal and Dugadda,” said the CM.
Regarding 54 year old Kamla Devi of Rudraprayag district who had fought and mortally wounded a leopard that had attacked and injured her, the CM said that he had approved a Rs one lakh reward for her courage and directed the district magistrate to facilitate the required medical treatment for her.