Central team visits flood-hit areas in Kalaburagi
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A two-member inter-ministerial central team comprising Ramesh Kumar Ganta, joint secretary, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Union Ministry of Home Affairs, and Bhartendu Kumar Singh, director at Department of Expenditure, Union Ministry of Finance, on Monday, visited a couple of areas in Kalaburagi that had been hit by floods in October this yr.
State Disaster Management Authority commissioner Manoj Rajan, Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner Vijaya Jyothsna, zilla panchayat Chief Executive Officer P. Raja, and different senior officers accompanied the team. Earlier in the day, the team held a gathering with senior officers of various departments in the district administration on the Deputy Commissioner’s workplace to take inventory of the scenario.
When the team visited the villages in Afzalpur taluk, one of many worst-hit taluks in the district, M.Y. Patil, MLA for Afzalpur, submitted a memorandum to the team and sought revision of compensation fee underneath National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) norms to make sure that individuals who had misplaced their homes and crops would get a great quantity of compensation.
Mr. Ganta expressed disappointment when the officers failed to instantly furnish the details about whether or not or not a farmer, whom he randomly met throughout his go to, was paid compensation. “We had informed you about our scheduled visit to the flood-hit areas and, yet, you are not ready with the complete information,” Mr. Ganta stated.
Mr. Rajan intervened and directed the officers involved to furnish the knowledge sought earlier than the team would depart the district.
Speaking to the media representatives after visiting Bidanur tank in Afzalpur taluk, Mr. Rajan stated the injury brought on by the floods in the State was estimated to be ₹15,410 crore, which included the injury to small tanks, street, and bridges as properly.
“The State suffered floods thrice this year. However, the Centre is expected to release ₹1,629 crore as per NDRF norms. The Central team, divided into three smaller teams, is visiting the flood-hit areas in the State. It has already had a meeting with the State government and would hold another meeting with Revenue Minister R. Ashok in Bengaluru on Tuesday,” he stated.
According to Mr. Rajan, standing crops on 16.23 lakh hectares price ₹12,000 crore had been destroyed. As per the NDRF norms, he added, the crop loss compensation could be ₹1300 crore.
“Besides crops, 16,469 km roads, 1,326 bridges, 732 tanks, 410 drinking water projects, and 3,937 government buildings had been damaged. As per NDRF norms, the compensation for these would be ₹243 crore,” Mr. Rajan stated, including that the Centre had already launched ₹551 crore for aid and rehabilitation.
