The chief minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat had met the union home minister, Amit Shah and had acquainted him about the losses suffered by Uttarakhand due to the natural calamity during this monsoon.
He had also impressed upon him to support the state financially to cope up with the current situation. Mr. Rawat met the Home Minister on Monday at his North Block office and acquainted him about the deaths tolls in the Uttarakhand floods.
More than 50 persons are reported dead and the accompanying destruction had led to a loss of approx. 150 crore. The chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat visited the Arakot area of Uttarakashi yesterday and met the distressed people of the disaster-affected villages. The chief minister along with Nainital MP Ajay Bhatt and MLA Raj Laxmi Shah of Tehri Garhwal and Chakrata MLA Munna Singh Chouhan visited the calamity affected villages of Arakot, Makuri, Tokochi, Kiranu, Cheenva, Nalavat, Duchanu, Dagoli, Balnali, Gokul and Manada Gaon and personally met the affected. They also sought detailed information about their condition and assured them of government’s full support.
The chief minister and the MP, MLAs also had an ariel view of the calamity stricken areas and sought first-hand knowledge of the affected areas. The CM immediately announced a financial compensation of Rs. 4 lakhs, to each of of the deceased’s bereaved families. He also assured them of an adequate supply of rations, eatables, clothing, and arrangement of shelters for those whose houses had been washed away or damaged due to heavy rains and landslides. He directed the Tehsildars and SDMs to also arrange for lands for those families whose houses and agricultural fields had been washed away in the cloud burst incidents, landslides and due to the over flooding of the Tons river.
The chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that the victims of this natural calamity would be fully taken care of and every initiative are taken to supply rations and medicines to the affected families. He also announced free treatment in hospitals, including medicines to all those families whose near and dear ones are being treated in these hospitals. The chief minister assured the calamity stricken people of the maximum possible help as per natural calamity relief funding official parameters. However, there are some conflicting reports that the victims of the natural calamity admitted in the Doon hospital are compelled to buy medicines from private chemists at exorbitant rates which is beyond the reach of these poor villagers.
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