After touring the disaster affected areas of Pithoragarh district, CM Harish Rawat left Didihat and reached his Vidhan Sabha constituency area, Nachni, where he interacted with the victims of the flash floods.
Expressing grief particularly in the case of three members of one family-father, mother and son- in Naulda village of Pithoragarh district. He directed the district magistrate to speed up identification, loss evaluation and compensation process.
The CM also interacted with 26 members of the five disaster affected families who have been sheltered at the Nachni multipurpose building. He told them that in case they wished to shift somewhere else to a rented accommodation, they should do so with the State Government making provision for their rent money.
He stressed that disaster affected families can live in rented accommodation till their rehabilitation is facilitated, adding that government will bear their rent expenses. Rawat said that the top priority of the State at present is to facilitate shelter in secure locations to the people rendered homeless by disaster or living in areas vulnerable to disaster. He also approved a sum of Rs 50,000 from chief minister relief fund for Thal village resident Daulat Singh who is suffering from an ailment.