A delegation of Parliamentary Committee, which was briefed by the Uttarakhand Government official about the damage due to cloudburst on three rivers including Mandakini in Kedarnath, Alaknanda in Badrinath and Bhagirathi in Gangotri on June 16-17 and rescue operation and ongoing relief operation, is coming to Uttarakhand on July 31 or August 1.
Although official communiqué yet to receive by the Chief Minister Office or State Government but sources have confirmed that they are coming.
Keeping in view of this Chief Minister had convened a mind boggling session, which begun at 11 am and ended around 2.30 pm, with the officials and departments head in Secretariat. The way Chief Minister enquired about micro and macro details about the rescue operation and ongoing relief operation has ascertained that Parliamentary Committee is visiting Uttarakhand. Sources said that although they are coming but they have not sent official intimation.
Meanwhile, Rudraprayag district, which has received highest loss in cloudburst on June 16-17, has been allocated Rs 40 crore from Chief Minister Relief Fund on Saturday. Besides it, Chamoli was allocated Rs 9 crore and Tehri was allocated Rs 1 crore from Chief Minister Relief Fund. With this, all 13 districts have received Rs 232 crore including 42 crore under TR-24 so far.