On the directives of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Principal Secretary Revenue and Relief Commissioner RK Chaturvedi has instructed all district collectors to send demand for relief to flood-affected people after ensuring actual damage through survey so that funds can be allocated to districts at the earliest.
Collectors have been directed to ensure completion of survey of losses to houses, lives, cattle and material due floods and heavy rains in the affected areas within next 24 hours. For ensuring actual assessment of losses, photographs of damaged houses should be click through mobile phones and photographs attached with case file, prepare separate cases of losses under RBC 6-4 and distribute assistance amounts in next 3 days on priority.
Collectors have been directed to set up relief camps at elevated places in marooned villages and arrange food etc. as per requirement. Under provisions of RBC 6-4, every flood-affected family should be provided 50 kg foodgrains. Foodgrains kept in houses have rotten due to flood water entering due which people may fall sick.
Collectors have been directed to ensure survey of crop loss in affected villages and prepare cases for relief under RBC 6-4. Relief in all cases should be distributed by September 5, 2013.Directives have been given to form adequate number of survey teams headed by tahsildars and naib tahsildars. Officers and employees of other departments can also be included in survey teams as per requirement.
These teams will visit every villages in areas affected by heavy rains and floods, contact affected families and assess losses to their houses and crops and prepare separate cases so that there is no scope for complaints regarding distribution of relief.Survey teams can also seek cooperation of village’s public representatives as per requirement.