In a bid to assess the damage caused by the disaster in Uttarakhand, a delegation comprising 11 members led by Joint Secretary Home lokesh Jha of inter-ministerial team of the Union Government has reached Dehradun on Thursday. They were briefed by the Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar at the Secretariat.
During the meeting, the CS informed the team about the total human and material loss incurred by the State.The members of the central team divided themselves into the groups of two and have left to analyse the situation in all affected five districts. To coordinate their working, seven IAS officers of the State Government have also left along with them. The team will stay in the affected areas and conduct the survey till July 20.
The head of the team, Joint Secretary, Home, lokesh Jha will go to Pauri, Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi. Garhwal Commissioner Suvardhan will accompany him to ensure coordination.
Director, Rural Development Ministry, l Fenai, and Director, Sugarcane Development (UP) Virendra Singh will go to Dharchula, Pithoragarh. They will be accompanied by Commissioner, Kumaon, RK Sudhanshu and Additional Secretary, PWD, Amit Negi. The Uttarkashi team will comprise CMO, EMR branch, Dr Niloy Roy and Additional Advisor Dr Dinesh Chand of the Drinking Water Department. Additional Secretary, Health, Piyush Singh will be with them. The liaison Officer of the Surface Transport Ministry Pankaj Kumar Maurya and Forest Ministry's Deputy Conservator Amit Mishra will tour Rudraprayag. They will be accompanied by FRDC BP Pandey.
The Bageshwar team will comprise Additional Secretary BK Mishra of the Finance Ministry and Research Officer Dr A Chandrashekhar of the Union Planning Commission. They will be assisted by the Secretary, Rural Development, Vinod Fonia. Expert of the Union Animal Husbandry Department TK Vaid and SE of the Water Resources Ministry Harkesh Kumar will go to Chamoli, along with Additional Secretary Ravinath Raman.