A review meeting was chaired by Dehradun District Magistrate R Meenakshi Sundaram which was focused on the allotment of the funds to the victims who faced the brunt of the recently experienced disaster. The meeting progressed block-wise and special focus was laid for the fringe areas of the district.
While chairing the meeting on Saturday, DM Sundaram gathering information about the losses incurred block-wise in the district. He instructed officials including Tehsildars and Pargana Adhikari to submit the requisition demanding additional funds in their respective areas for carrying relief works in the disaster-hit areas of the State and submit their proposals to ADM (Finance and Revenue).
He also instructed ADM to release funds immediately to officials under TR-24 and submit the form to Government. He also instructed officials to carry relief works on war-footing in the disaster-hit areas of the State at earliest.
The District Magistrate said that the officials should also focus in the remote areas of the State. ADM (Finance and Revenue) Jharna Kamthan informed that Rs 6 crore and 90 lakh has been released so far in different Tehsils of the district in order to carry relief works on the war footing and out that, Rs one lakh 70 thousand for Dehradun, Rs one lakh 20 thousand for Vikasnagar, Rs two crore 45 lakh for Rishikesh, Rs 70 lakh for Kalsi, Rs 50 lakh for Chakrata and Rs 35 lakh for Tyuni Tehsil has been already allotted for the relief works.
She informed that next of kins of 19 relatives have been given Rs 95 lakh and Rs 75,000 each has been given to three injured victims in the district. The 40 owners of the house have been given Rs 80 lakh whereas the 291 owners whose houses got minor damaged got Rs 42 lakh 83,900.
Additionally, Rs 23 lakh 94000 has been also given to 399 residents who were living in the slums and 14 lakh 80,000 has been given to 74 owners of the animals. During the meeting, Tehsildars have also demanded to sanction more funds as agriculture lands were damaged and Kalsi Tehsildar has demanded Rs 60 lakh, Chakrata Tehsildar has demanded Rs 10 lakh, Vikasnagar Tehsildar has demanded Rs 40 lakh and Rishikesh Tehsildar has demanded Rs 50 lakh. It was also told 2114 were also given compensation who were rescued from the Kedar valley.