In order to compensate for the public infrastructure and other loss suffered due to the rainfall in Uttarakhand, the State Government will seek a sum of Rs 888 crore from the Union Government. The memorandum on this issue is currently in the process of being prepared and submitted to the government of India.
After this part of the procedure is met with, a team from the Union Government will be arriving in the state of Uttarakhand to conduct site inspections for ascertaining the damage stated by the state government.
The State chief secretary Shatrughna Singh chaired a meeting with officials of the departments concerned at the secretariat on Tuesday regarding this subject.
Officials informed in the meeting that the various figures of estimated loss due to rainfall include Rs 254 crore for roads, Rs 31 crore for power sector, Rs 128 crore for potable water, Rs 72 crore for irrigation, Rs 69 crore for minor irrigation, Rs 200 crore for education, Rs 4 crore for women welfare, Rs 44 crore for agriculture, Rs 1.50 crore for animal husbandry, Rs 8 crore for home, Rs 1.50 crore for health, Rs 23 crore in forests, Rs 1.50 crore in the tourism sector and about Rs 25 crore in the Panchayati Raj sector.
The additional chief secretary Ranvir singh, principal secretary, power, Umakant Panwar, finance secretary Amit Singh Negi, irrigation secretary Anand Vardhan, Public Works Department secretary Arvind Singh Hyanki and other officials were also among those present in the meeting.