Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 5: Following the directions of the Governor, N.N. Vohra, to furnish all pending Bank details to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) by January 31, 2015, a re-verification exercise has been carried out by the Deputy Commissioners of Jammu Division for submission to the NDMA. Consequent to this exercise, relevant details have been furnished in respect of 1445 cases which have since been cleared by the NDMA and the payments are being transferred electronically to the beneficiaries.
It was disclosed that the NDMA has cleared 1095 cases, of which 756 are for Rajouri district; 89 for Jammu district and 213, 20 and 17 cases cleared for beneficiaries in Udhampur, Samba and Reasi districts, respectively.
The Raj Bhavan spokesperson added that all the cases of Poonch district under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) have also since been cleared and there is no pendency, as on date, in the entire Jammu Division with regard to SDRF disbursements for damaged houses.
It may be recalled that the Governor had ordered that there should be no delay in the disbursement of relief under PMNRF due to any deficiency in the Bank Account details of the beneficiaries. The Governor had also directed the Divisional Commissioners Kashmir and Jammu to ensure that the requisite information sought by the NDMA regarding full details of Bank Accounts in respect of all remaining cases should also be immediately made available to them latest by January 31, 2015. So far NDMA has released payments to the owners of 7083 fully damaged pucca/kutcha houses in Jammu Division, the Spokesperson added.
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