Guv for enhancing relief for partially severely damaged houses

Jammu: N.N. Vohra, Governor, has addressed Rajnath Singh, Union Minister for Home Affairs and moved him to consider enhancing the scale of relief in respect of severely and partially damaged houses.

In a detailed communication to the Home Minister, the Governor has highlighted that the scale of relief admissible under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) is altogether inadequate for the affected family to even partially repair the damaged house. The Governor has called for substantial enhancement in the scale of relief to enable the affected families to carry out the essential repairs, keeping in view the considerably high cost of material and labour in the Kashmir Valley.

The Spokesperson of the Raj Bhavan disclosed that the Governor has expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister of India for announcing additional relief of Rs. 1 lakh and Rs. 50,000 to the affected families whose pucca/kutcha houses had been fully damaged, out of the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund. The Governor has urged the Home Minister to support the proposal for additional financial assistance being also provided in respect of severely and partially damaged houses.

The Raj Bhavan Spokesperson added that as per SDRF scale, in respect of damage to private property, the affected households have been provided relief of Rs. 75,000 for a fully damaged pucca house, Rs. 12,600 for severely damaged house and Rs. 3,800 for partially damaged house. An amount of Rs 156.25 crore has been so far disbursed to the affected families on account of more than 1.62 lakh fully damaged structures in the Kashmir Division.

The Governor is also meeting the Union Home Minister later this week to personally discuss all the major issues relating to relief and rehabilitation of the flood victims.

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