- Asks district administration to ensure all flood-affected are covered
SRINAGAR: Reiterating that relief and rehabilitation of the flood affected is the foremost priority of the Government, Minister for Law, Justice, Parliamentary Affairs and Relief & Rehabilitation, Syed Basharat Bukhari today said the Government is committed and making earnest efforts to provide relief to those affected by the September 2014 floods.
The Minister stated this at a meeting convened to take stock of the progress and issues relating to post flood relief disbursement under PMNRF and SDRF in district Bandipora. MLA Bandipora, Usman Abdul Majid, MLC, Yasir Reshi, Commissioner Secretary, Relief & Rehabilitation Dheeraj Kumar Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora, Dr Shah Faesal, Chief Engineer R&B, Kashmir, Satish Razdan besides other senior officers were also present in the meeting.
Besides reviewing relief disbursement in the district, the Minister also looked into the grievances and complaints regarding disbursement and non-disbursement of relief to the beneficiaries, highlighted before him by the legislators.
It was decided in the meeting that a team headed by SDM Sumbal, comprising officials from Revenue and R&B Departments will be constituted to verify various complaints/claims with regard to relief disbursement, for necessary action by the Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora. The Minister urged the concerned to ensure that no pendency remains with regard to the disbursement of relief in favour of fully, severely or partially damaged houses.