Around 1,500 homeless families or those living in flood prone areas are being provided food through community kitchens at safer places in the disaster-affected districts. Sufficient quantity of food grains has been received from the State Government and affected persons are being given foodgrains through public distribution system as per Government standards.
Uttarkashi ADM VK Mishra said that 776 affected families are being provided food through community kitchen at nine different Government buildings in the district. Around 18,000 families of 135 villages that had lost road links due to incessant rain, cloudbursts or landslides have been provided one month’s ration including rice, flour, pulse, oil, spices and other essential items through public distribution system. Apart from this, three months ration was provided to the ration card holders through PDS dealers in the district, he added.
Chamoli district food and civil supply officer MS Rana said that in Joshimath, around 76 homeless families and those shifted to safer places from flood prone areas are being provided food at community kitchen there. Government has recently released three months ration to the district and this is being distributed among the ration card holders.
Rudraprayag CDO RS Pokhriyal said sufficient quantity of food grains has been received from the state government and rations are provided to affected persons in the district.
Dehradun district magistrate BVRC Purushottam said that 20 homeless families and those shifted to safer place from the banks of Rispana River are being provided food and drinking water by administration. Additionaly, 250 persons shifted to Shopping Complex from banks of Bindal River were also provided food by administration.
In Kalsi Tehsil, district admission has been arranging food for 635 persons of 55 families shifted to Panchayat Ghar from river banks. In Mussoorie, 55 families shifted to government primary schools have been provided food by administration. In Rishikesh, 500 families from flood prone areas shifted to different local Dharamshalas were being provided food by the administration. Sixty five persons of 22 families are also being provided food Panchayat Ghar after being shifted from low lying areas.
Purushottam informed that there is no shortage of food grains as around 3464.379 metric tonnes wheat, 401.149 metric tonnes rice, 149.60 metric tonnes sugar and 165.585 Kl Kerosene oil are available in different godowns.