The NDRF will be provided land in Haridwar. Eco-Task Force units will be set up in Rudraprayag and Bageshwar. The death certificates of those deceased in the recent disaster will be provided to the related State Governments within a week.
The fees of children of deceased persons, or those rendered homeless, will be paid for a year from the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund. Forty-two villages have been excluded from the scope of the Govind Wild life Sanctuary in Uttarkashi. Approval has been given to the constitution of a Special Mining Vigilance Force in the State to prevent illegal mining.
In an informal interaction with media-persons at the Secretariat on Wednesday, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna disclosed that the State Government had decided to provide as much land as required to the NDRF in Haridwar.
The Eco-Task Force to be established in Rudraprayag and Bageshwar districts would provide employment to 1,500 people. Fifty percent of jobs in this force would be reserved for women, while trained guerrillas would also be recruited.
He revealed that death certificates of those who lost their lives in the natural disaster would be sent to the related State Governments within a week. Cheques of monetary relief would also be sent to the Chief Secretaries of these States. These Chief Secretaries would ensure distribution of the death certificates and relief to the beneficiaries.