Taking cognizance on technical difficulties, which are being faced by the Disaster Management and Mitigation centre (DMMC) and disaster department, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has categorically instructed that the salary of the district management officers should be increased.
Recruitment in SDRF should be started soon while presiding over a meeting of the state disaster management authority in secretariat on Wednesday.
A team of technical experts should be constituted to deal with the debris deposited in the rivers. Guidance should be taken from the Union Government in this regard.
After being informed that the disaster management plan was ready, CM Bahuguna asked the Chairman of the Disaster Management Advisory Committee, lt Gen MC Badhani, to inspect it. A meeting will be held again in the first week of January on the subject.
CM instructed that that compensation for loss of property on ‘naap’ and ‘benaap’ land should be fixed.Better work was done by the district disaster management officers during the disaster relief work.
He said that the disaster management officers working on outsourcing basis had to be paid better, and provided with more staff and resources.
He said that work of dealing with debris collecting in river must be dealt by a committee of experts and help should also be taken from the departments concerned of the Union Government.
The Secretary, Disaster Management, Bhaskaranand said that land had been allotted for NDRF. An amount of Rs 1525 crore and Rs 1220 crore has been sanctioned by the World Bank and ADB for the work of rehabilitation and reconstruction. PMU and PIU units have also been formed for the same. Present at the meeting were Disaster Minister Yashpal Arya, Panchayati Raj Minister Pritam Singh, Education Minister Mantri Prasad Naithani, Principal Secretary SS Sandhu, DGP BS Sandhu, Secretary Amit Negi among other officials.