In a bid to assess the situation of the State after the two-day long snowfall in the hilly areas, Chief Minister Harish Rawat convened a meeting with district administration through videoconferencing on Thursday. During the meeting, CM enquired about the number of roads being closed due to snowfall and the number of villages where power supply has been stopped. He asked the administration that if they are facing any inconvenience, then he must be informed immediately.
He also instructed them to be extra vigilant, especially where heavy snowfall has taken place or may take place in future. He instructed to deploy JCB machines to make road snow free. To cope up with the situation, additional amount of Rs15 lakh has been released to each district of the State and Rs5 lakh have been released to arrange woodstove in hilly areas of the State.
Rawat told the officials to do whatever they want to make sure they safety of the people. He asked the officials to provide fire wood to the poor, free of cost and shift people, who have been residing at footpath or roadside makeshift, to safer place. He also asked them to take care of roadside labourers. CM instructed the Chief Medical Officer to deploy mobile van in order to give medical aid to people on time.