The Dehradun district magistrate Dr BVRC Purushottam has directed officials concerned to issue death certificates by November 30 this year for those who died in the disaster experienced in Uttarakhand in June.
Chairing a meet with officials at the Collectorate the Dehradun DM instructed them to issue death certificates for those who had died in the disaster experienced in the State in June. Purushottam informed the officials that the Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna had issued instructions to issue death certificates for people from other States who had died in the June disaster while undertaking the Char Dham Yatra.
The DM appointed additional district magistrate (Administration) Harak Singh Rawat, joint magistrate Ranjana Verma, sub divisional magistrate of Mussoorie, Sonika, SDM Chakrata NS Dangi, sub land facility commissioner Sonia Pant, staff officer to the Revenue Board chairman Shalini Negi and secretary Medical Health Atar Singh as nodal officers for this purpose.
He directed the nodal officers to ensure that the task of issuing death certificates within the fixed deadline of November 30 without fail. The nodal officers should depute the officials under them to expedite this task without delay. Purushottam also fixed a target of issuing about 150 death certificates per day.