Doda/Jammu, May 12 (Scoop News) –To review the relief measures taken by the District administration in the region and to expedite the relief and rehabilitation measures put in place by the State Government for earthquake hit people of Bhaderwah, Minister for Planning and Development, Ajay Sadhotra today convened a meeting of the District and Sectoral officers in Bhaderwah.
MLA Bhaderwah Mohd. Sharief Niaz, MLC Naresh Kumar Gupta, DDC Doda Mubarak Singh, CPO Doda Dr. Yassir Balwan besides team members from NDMA New Delhi and various other District and Tehsil level officers attended the meeting.
While speaking on the occasion Minister asked the officers to ensure accurate onground assessment of damages in the region so that all the affected people get benefit of the relief and rehabilitation programme. He asked the officers to provide tents to those affected families whose houses have been severely damaged due to quake.
The Minister also announced that the distribution of free ration sanctioned for the earthquake affected families will start from tomorrow which has been sanctioned by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah . He asked the officers to ensure proper and equal distribution of ration among the affected families so that each and every affected family gets relief.
MLA Bhaderwah Mohd. Sharief Niaz and MLC Naresh Kumar Gupta also spoke on the occasion and appreciated District administration, state and central government for their swift and timely response. The Minister also interacted with the team of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) comprising of Scientists and Professionals from IIT Madras and IIT Hyderabad who visited quake affected areas of Bhaderwah and accessed the damage caused by the recent earthquake of 5.8 magnitude which shook the entire chinab valley on 1st of May 2013 that resulted into severe damage to the residential as well as private building across the erstwhile District.
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