SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir government has sought a revised package of 607.77 crore for earthquake victims of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban on the pattern of Leh package.
The state government has approached the Centre to provide a special revised rehabilitation package to the tune of Rs 607.77 Crore so that the affected people are provided adequate assistance and ex-gratia relief, Minister of State for Power, Vikar Rasool said in reply to a calling attention notice by Naresh Kumar Gupta in the Legislative Council.
He said about 96,000 houses and other establishments in Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban got affected in the earthquake that struck these districts on May 1, 2013.
He said an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude on the Richter scale struck the Districts of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban, adding that “An amount of Rs 120 crore is required to be paid to the affected families as per the SDRF norms.”
An amount of Rs 25 crore has already been released and disbursed for providing ex-gratia relief to the dead and injured and also to the persons whose houses got damaged.
He said as many as 5,579 tents were provided to the affected for temporary shelters, besides free ration for three months.
He said nearly 700 educational institutions have also suffered damage in these districts and arrangements have been made by providing shelter and tents wherever, required to ensure that education of children does not suffer.
