A committee has been appointed under revenue minister Narayan Rane to finalise the recommendations.
The state government has planned to approach the Centre with recommendations for changes in the norms of calamity relief funds in order to facilitate uniformity in distributing compensation to victims.
A committee has been appointed under revenue minister Narayan Rane to finalise the recommendations.
That the victims of natural calamities and other disasters do not get a fair share due to the lacunae in the norms was realised when funds were not distributed well among the victims of Phyan that hit the Konkan belt last year.
Additional chief secretary (relief and rehabilitation) M Ramesh Kumar said that these endeavours are being made to streamline the provisions. “We are recommending corrections in the provisions that are needed to be urgently addressed. The loss of mango and coconut trees are compensated counting the loss in hectares, but we are demanding the units to be counted. The compensation given to the loss of house is Rs35,000, which we think needs to be increased,” he added.
It was brought to the notice of Rane that the state and central compensation schemes have discrepancies. “Uniformity in the compensation is needed to be maintained. Also, financial aid should be handed over to relatives of the victims on time. The delay in punchnama results in the delay of compensation reaching the victims,” said Rane.
Kumar said that his department is extensively touring the districts that are largely hit by water scarcity. “Amravati and Beed are the most affected districts. We have started fodder depots apart from water supply through tankers,” he said. “There are 1,387 tankers utilised for water supply, including 357 in Nanded, 180 in Latur and 276 in Yavatmal.”
The government hopes that the mitigation measures undertaken by it would work out effectively as it expects good rains this year. “We have undertaken work like digging of wells, farm ponds, recharging of wells and soil conservation bunding. Good rains will help us in maintaining the water level for a longer period,” said Kumar. Chief minister Ashok Chavan has convened a meeting on Thursday to take stock of the preparedness for the ensuing monsoon.
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