In order to provide relief to the disaster affected persons, Dehradun district magistrate BVRC Purushottam directed the district officers to begin working in disaster affected areas of the district.
Reports received in the disaster control centre revealed that many roads in the district have been damaged. Officials found negligent in relief and rescue operations will be punished, he added.
According to him officials of MDDA, public works department, irrigation department and other district officials have been deployed for estimating cost of damage wreaked by disaster in the district. Steps are being taken to drain the water from water logged areas of the district, he added.
Information has been received about roads being blocked at 20 different places in the district and some of them are expected to be cleared by Tuesday night.
In order to provide financial assistant to the victims, DM has allocated Rs20 lakh to Dehradun Tehsil and Rs 10 lakh to Vikasnagar Tehsil. Out of allocated funds, Rs3.54 lakh were distributed among 61 victims in Dehradun Tehsil and around Rs1.42 lakh among 29 victims in Vikasnagar Tehsil. Apart from this, DM distributed cheques for Rs35, 000 each to 16 families whose homes collapsed due to incessant rain in Kalsi block while Rs63, 000 was distributed among 13 families of the Kalsi block whose homes were partly damaged.