Ex-gratia relief under SDRF approved for natural disaster victims

Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Aug 1: District Administration Udhampur today approved ex-gratia relief to the tune of Rs 43, 93,700 for the victims of natural disaster in district.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Udhampur, Joginder Singh Jasrotia chaired a meeting of District Disaster Management Committee, here today and approved 54 Relief cases under SDRF and granted ex-gratia relief to the tune of Rs 43, 93,700 to the victims of natural disaster.
During the recent incessant rains, umpteen flash flood/landslide incidents occurred throughout the district, particularly in the hilly areas of District Udhampur, which caused huge damage to the public and private properties as well as live stock.
The District administration, on the direction of Deputy Commissioner Udhampur Sachin Kumar Vaishya, promptly processed the relief cases and the ex-gratia relief reckoned as per the norms of SDRF was approved in today’s meeting.
During the meeting ADC directed all the concerned officers to process the all pending relief cases without any delay and report as per the SOP of SDRF.
The meeting was attended by Rafiq Ahmad Jaral (ACR), Alok Gupta (DTO), Er Mohd Zubair (Executive Engineer PWD R&B), Dr Anil Manhas (CMO), Arushi Sabharwal (Tehsildar HQ), Jai Singh (Tehsildar Udhampur), Dr Farhat Bashir (DSHO), and Dr Suresh Kumar Thappa (DLSDO) and others.