Wayanad Rehabilitation: No assistance from the Centre yet, says CM Vijayan

“As the Union Government declared Wayanad landslide arsenic a ‘disaster of terrible nature’ MPs from crossed the state tin lend up to a sum of Rs 1 crore and I person already written to each MPs successful the state seeking help,” helium added.

The CM was replying to a query raised by UDF MLA Kurukkoli Moideen during the question hr successful the Legislative Assembly, connected the magnitude received for the Wayanad package.

Vijayan assured that the funds received successful the CMDRF volition beryllium utilised for the payment of the catastrophe survivors and the rehabilitation process would beryllium completed soon.

He besides said a sum of Rs 15 lakh each volition beryllium fixed to the persons who privation to enactment extracurricular the projected townships.

Another contented raised by the UDF absorption was the alleged non-receipt of the attraction outgo by those who sustained terrible injuries successful the landslides, adjacent aft six months of the disaster, and demanded contiguous enactment successful this regard.

Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan besides said that ‘uncertainty’ prevails connected the magnitude of Rs 30 lakh fixed for the projected houses and the magnitude should beryllium finalised to implicit the rehabilitation process soon.

Replying to the issues raised by the opposition, Vijayan assured that contiguous enactment would beryllium taken.

He besides said that the Cabinet has decided to instrumentality implicit the onshore for rehabilitation wrong 61 days.

“Several houses volition beryllium constructed simultaneously successful the rehabilitation task and we estimation astir Rs 30 lakh for the houses and a last determination has not been taken truthful far,” helium said.

The authorities published a draught database of the disaster-affected families to beryllium rehabilitated successful the houses successful the projected township and a last database is expected soon, helium added.

“Co-ordinated efforts of assorted authorities departments are underway for the rehabilitation programme,” helium said. Funds from CMDRF, SDRF, assorted sponsorships, CSR funds and assistance from the Centre would beryllium utilized for this, CM said.

The Cabinet decided connected a rehabilitation task for gathering exemplary townships connected 58.50 hectares successful Elstone Estate successful Kalpetta and 48.96 hectares successful Nedumpala Estate successful Meppadi panchayat successful Wayanad territory for the survivors of the devastating July 30 landslides, helium said.