Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday asked the officials of Revenue and Disaster Management department to take prompt steps for providing help to the victims of flood and excessive rainfall in the State.
Chairing the State Cabinet meeting held at the Mantralaya here, Singh said that appropriate compensation should be given at the earliest to the affected families after conducting surveys and in accordance with the Revenue provisions.The Chief Minister said that administrative officials should provide all possible assistance to the victims of floods and excessive rainfall.It was also resolved in the meeting that the State Government will bring in an ordinance to amend the 'Chhattisgarh Panchayati Raj Act.' On the basis of this amendment, the delimitation of existing panchayats will be done according to the Census 2011 and afresh reservation of seats will be done in these panchayats.
Singh reviewed the status of rainfall, crops and action taken by the administration to bring relief in areas under flood and excessive rainfall. The officers of revenue and disaster management informed that an average rainfall of 695.4 mm has been recorded in 27 districts from June 1 to August 6. This is 108.7 per cent of the average rainfall recorded in past 10 years.
As many as 42 irrigation reservoirs of Water Resources department are filled to 94.23 per cent. Sowing of crops including paddy is going on at a brisk rate with sowing of paddy complete by 75 per cent. The State has set a target of sowing of paddy in 3,64,1760 hectares of land and sowing of paddy has been done in 2,73,9720 hectares of land so far.The officers informed in the meeting that till August 6, the rainfall recorded in 18 districts is more than 100 per cent including Raipur, Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara, Gariaband, Mahasamund, Dhamtari, Balod, Kabirdham, Bilaspur, Mungeli, Raigarh, Korba, Koriya, Rajnandgaon, Janjgir-Champa, Surajpur, Kanker and Kondagaon.
The rainfall was recorded between 80-100 per cent in Durg, Surguja, Narayanpur and sukma while 60-80 per cent in Balrampur-Ramanujganj, Bastar (Jagdalpur), Dantewada and Bijapur. Jashpur district has received less than 60 per cent rainfall.It was informed that as many as eight cases of loss of life and 29 cases of loss of livestock have been reported in the State due to excessive rainfall.
As many as 78 houses have been damaged completely while 420 houses have partially damaged. Crops in 3862 hectares of land have been damaged.As many as 37 relief camps have been organised in the concerned districts which are providing shelter to 3,826 people. Free food and other facilities are being provided to the victims in these relief camps, the officers informed the Cabinet.