Chief Secretary APPadhion Monday reviewed the relief and restoration works in the Titli affected districts of Ganjam and Gajapati here where Special Relief Commissioner BishnupadaSethi outlined the issues and the Collectors of thedistricts appraised about progress of restoration and assistance distribution works over video conferencing.
Reviewing the progress, Chief Secretary Padhi directed to finish the distribution of house building and agricultural input subsidy by end of current month. It was further decided to sanction 13,000 new houses under Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana for these two districts.
The Chief Secretary directed the Principal Secretary Panchyati Raj and Drinking Water Deo Ranjan Kumar Singh to ground the new BPGY houses from December. Padhi further directed to provide proactive support to the beneficiaries so that they would be able to finish construction of their houses within 6 months from the date of getting the work orders.
Notably, house building assistance of around Rs 1 lakh from SDRF is being provided to the families whose houses have been totally damaged in the severe cyclone and flood. Along with this, the families would get new houses under BPGY.
Collectors have been advised to mobilize the beneficiaries to utilize both the grants in construction of their houses so that they could build a comparatively bigger house.
Review revealed that power supply has been restored to all 5.30 lakh affected consumers in 475 GPs of Ganjam district. Similarly, 100 per cent of 1.18 lakh affected consumer in 149 GPs of Gajpati district have also been supplied with electricity. All 455 pipe water supply schemes and 1,648 affected tube wells in Ganjam district have been restored.
Hundred percent of 171 pipe water supply schemes and 51 affected tube wells in Gajpati district have also been repaired.
Around Rs249 crore has been distributed as gratuitous relief to the affected families in Ganajam district and Rs50.33 crore has been distributed to the affected families in Gajpati district. House building assistance of Rs191 crore and Rs 8.27 crore has been released to Gajpati and Ganjam districts respectively. Chief Secretary Padhi directed to cover all the genuine families and finish the distribution by end of November this year. Distribution of agricultural input subsidy has also picked up in both these districts. Rs 209.67 crore has been supplied to Ganjamand Rs31.64 crore has been supplied to Gajpati district as per their firsthand estimate towards agricultural input subsidy.