Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will lay the foundation for units of the BSF and SSB in Sitarganj, BSF in Dehradun and NDRF in Haridwar on October 7. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna also provided details to the Union Home Minister of the Kedarnath worship to be resumed on September 11.
CM Vijay Bahuguna met the Union Home Minister in New Delhi on Saturday. During the meeting, the duo discussed the disaster relief work in the State along with the units of BSF, SSB, NDRF and SDRF to be deployed in the State.
The CM appealed to the Home Minister to give relaxation in the norms of the National Disaster Relief Fund for the relief work. The CM said that for the people who have lost their houses during the disaster ought to granted relief considering one family as one unit. This should be done as, often, several families live in one house.
Besides this, he has asked for Rs 25,000 as compensation for each mule. The CM said that with the help of helicopters rented by the State Government, 10,041 people were safely evacuated. He added that the Indian Air Force evacuated 21,514 people. He also sought recompense for expenditure on helicopters incurred by the state government.CM Bahuguna informed the Union Home Minister that due to the disaster, 19,138 Kms of road and 258 bridges had been affected.
He said that their repair required an amount of Rs 500 crore while only Rs 206.73 crore had been sanctioned. The CM has asked for the sanction of the remaining Rs 293.27 crores.
The State had demanded Rs 168.86 crore to restore power in disaster affected areas, but only Rs 10.09 crore had been sanctioned so far. He has appealed for sanctioning for the remaining amount.
Present on the occasion were Chairman, Revenue Board, SK Muttoo, Additional Chief Secretary Rakesh Sharma, Disaster Management, Secretary, Bhaskaranand and Resident Commissioner SD Sharma.