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Flood-affected Amta Udaynarayanpur successful Howrah territory connected September 22 2024. (Express File Photo)
The Centre informed the Lok Sabha connected Tuesday that 2,936 radical mislaid their lives owed to hydro-meteorological disasters successful the state past year, with Himachal Pradesh reporting the highest casualties.
Of these, 408 died successful Himachal Pradesh, 373 successful Madhya Pradesh, 355 successful Kerala, 230 successful Gujarat, and 206 successful Maharashtra, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said. “Apart from 5 apical states, 185 radical mislaid their lives successful Karnataka, 131 successful Rajasthan, 128 successful Assam, and 125 successful Chhattisgarh,” helium added.
Since the Union Home Ministry does not centrally support the information of damages owed to immoderate disasters, including floods and landslides, Rai provided the data, arsenic per the accusation received from assorted authorities governments/UTs successful transportation with the details of damages caused owed to hydro-meteorological disasters.
In total, Rai said, 3,63,381 houses/huts were damaged, and 61,826 cattle were mislaid owed to hydro-meteorological disasters. “Of 3,63,381 houses/huts, 1,56,691 got damaged successful Assam, 67,487 got damaged successful Tripura (78 radical mislaid their lives), 29,369 houses/hut got damaged successful Manipur (11 radical mislaid their lives), 22,414 houses/huts got damaged successful Karnataka, and 20,741 houses/huts got damaged successful Gujarat,” helium added.
Rai said arsenic per the National Policy connected Disaster Management, the superior work for catastrophe management, including disbursal of alleviation assistance connected the ground, rests with the authorities governments concerned. “The authorities governments undertake alleviation measures successful the aftermath of natural calamities from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) already placed astatine their disposal, successful accordance with the Centre’s approved items and norms. The cardinal authorities supplements the efforts of the authorities governments and provides requisite logistics and fiscal support,” helium added.
Referring to the further fiscal assistance provided from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) successful lawsuit of disasters of ‘severe nature’ aft an appraisal based connected the sojourn of an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), Rai said: “Till January 27, a full of 14 IMCTs person been constituted for the states/UTs of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram, Kerala, Nagaland, Tripura, Gujarat, Telangana, West Bengal, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry for on-the-spot appraisal of damages caused owed to earthy calamities during 2024. The reports of IMCT are considered by the cardinal government, arsenic per the established procedure.”
Mahender Singh Manral is an Assistant Editor with the nationalist bureau of The Indian Express. He is known for his impactful and breaking stories. He covers the Ministry of Home Affairs, Investigative Agencies, National Investigative Agency, Central Bureau of Investigation, Law Enforcement Agencies, Paramilitary Forces, and interior security. Prior to this, Manral had extensively reported connected city-based transgression stories on with that helium besides covered the anti-corruption subdivision of the Delhi authorities for a decade. He is known for his knack for News and a elaborate knowing of stories. He besides worked with Mail Today arsenic a elder analogous for eleven months. He has besides worked with The Pioneer for 2 years wherever helium was exclusively covering transgression beat. During his archetypal days of the vocation helium besides worked with The Statesman paper successful the nationalist capital, wherever helium was entrusted with beats similar crime, education, and the Delhi Jal Board. A postgraduate successful Mass Communication, Manral is ever successful hunt of stories that interaction lives. ... Read More
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