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Thursday, 02 September 2010 02:01
The Governor, N. N. Vohra, and the Raj Bhavan staff have donated an amount of Rs. 1,06,700 for the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the flood affected people of Leh District.
The Governor’s Principal Secretary, Mr. R. K. Goyal, has sent a cheque in the above mentioned amount to the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister for utilizing it for the welfare of the flood hit people of Leh District.
This amount was contributed voluntarily, from the Raj Bhavan gardener to the Governor, in response to the Chief Minister’s appeal for contributions in the wake of devastation caused by the recent flash floods in the Leh District.
Meanwhile the high level empowered committee constituted to monitor the implementation of the Prime Minister’s package met here on Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, S.S. Kapur and approved 202 damage cases of Leh district for which the first installment of 50% proposed amount has been transferred into their accounts.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has sanctioned Rs 125 crore under Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for rehabilitation of cloudburst and flood affected people in Ladakh region.
The committee also approved 250 fully damaged and partially damaged cases of Kargil district and necessary steps for release of first installment are being taken.
The relief comprises Rs 70 crore for housing, Rs 41 crore for restoration of water supply and provision of DG sets in Leh/Kargil, renovation of SNM hospital Leh and CT scan machine and Rs 10 crore for United Grant to LAHDC Leh/Kargil Ex gratia is another component of the relief package.
The members of the committee including Financial Commissioner Home, Principal Secretary H&ME, Principal Secretary PHE/I& FC, Principal Secretary PDD, Commissioner/Secretary Planning and Development Department/ Ladakh Affairs, Commissioner/Secretary Finance, Commissioner/Secretary Forests, Commissioner/Secretary R&B and Secretary Revenue besides participated in them meeting.
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