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Guv reviews flood relief, border firing problems 2/3/2015 10:45:03 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 3 : NN Vohra, Governor, today chaired a high level meeting at Civil Secretariat, Jammu, to review the to date status of providing relief and rehabilitation to the people affected by floods as well as those affected by the Cross Border Firing. As per prior arrangement the meeting was attended by Anil Goswami, Union Home Secretary. From the J&K Government the meeting was attended by the Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, DGP, Administrative Secretaries, Divisional Commissioner Jammu and Deputy Commmissioners of Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts. In his opening remarks, the Governor recalled his recent discussions with the Union Home Minister who had agreed to support the State Government's proposal to extend immediate additional relief out of the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) to the people whose houses were severely or partially damaged. It had also been agreed to support the proposal for providing urgent assistance for the revival of small business enterprises. He noted that for expediting consideration of the other components of the Special Financial Package, the Ministry of Home Affairs will continue to be the Nodal Ministry for coordinating the action with the various concerned Ministries and Departments of the Government of India. The Union Home Secretary assured full support of the Ministry of Home Affairs in regard to the provision of maximum possible relief to the flood victims. He noted that a World Bank team is presently visiting the State to consider various proposals for funding the reconstruction of flood damaged assets. Consequent to detailed sector wise discussions the Governor directed all the concerned Administrative Secretaries to prepare sector wise proposals of the different proposals contained in the Special Financial Package and ensure that the same are forwarded most early to the concerned Central Ministries, with copies to the Union Home Ministry, to enable very early decisions. In the aforesaid context, the Raj Bhavan spokesperson recalled that an amount of Rs. 1102.56 crore has already been sanctioned from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), to meet the expenditure incurred by the State Government for the immediate relief and restoration of damaged infrastructure, and the action now required to be taken most urgently is to prepare sector wise specific proposals for submission to the Govt. of India.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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