JAMMU – The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday approved notifying the untimely snowfall in November and early December as a state specific natural disaster.
According to an official spokesperson, the executive Committee of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) headed by Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today approved notifying the untimely heavy snow fall between the November 6 and 9 in Kashmir and December 12 to14 in parts of Jammu as a State Specific Natural Disaster for the purposes of providing additional relief to the affected farmers from SDRF.
Financial Commissioner, Finance, Principal Secretary, Home, Financial Commissioner, Revenue, J&K, Secretary, DMRR&R and other senior officers attended the meeting. Chief Secretary directed Secretary, DMRR&R to work out additional requirement of funds in each district based on their projected demand and the funds available with them for meeting various disaster related expenses as per SDRF norms.
Secretary, DMRR&R will also work out the additional requirement of disaster related equipment in consultation with DCs to strengthen the response mechanism of the district administration to winter vagaries.
The Executive Meeting also approved allocation of Rs 2 Crore for placement at the disposal of PHE and I&FC Department for procurement of 10 Vehicle Mounted Mobile DG Sets to meet emergent power supply requirements of PHE installations for uninterrupted water supply to consumers.
The meeting was informed that new 22 Bulldozers and 16 Snow Plough Machines will arrive by January and February, 2020 respectively. Besides, three sophisticated Snow Cutter Machines will arrive by March 2020.
These machines will augment the requirement of disaster related equipment in the districts.
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