Centre forms multi-sectoral team to investigate rising natural disasters in Himachal

Separately, an inter-ministerial cardinal squad has already been deputed to measure the harm caused successful the authorities during the ongoing South-West monsoon

Damage caused successful a agrarian country astatine Janjehli village, successful Seraj vale of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, owed to a cloudburst. PTI Photo

As Himachal Pradesh continues to reel nether dense rainfall — causing wide floods and devastation — the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, connected Sunday ordered the enactment of a multi‑sectoral cardinal team.

The squad volition analyse wherefore earthy disasters person been occurring with alarming frequence successful the authorities implicit caller years. It volition see experts from NDMA, CBRI Roorkee, IITM Pune, geologists and IIT-Indore.

Separately, an inter-ministerial cardinal (IMCT) squad has been deputed to measure the harm caused by floods, flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides successful Himachal Pradesh during the ongoing South-West monsoon.

The IMCT squad is presently visiting the disaster-struck state. It had reached Himachal Pradesh connected July 18 for an on-the-spot appraisal of the damages successful the affected areas. It volition stay determination till July 21, authoritative sources informed. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu met Shah past week, and sought a alleviation bundle for the state.

A high-level committee chaired by the Union Home Minister has already approved an outlay of Rs 2,006.40 crore to the authorities for betterment and reconstruction successful areas affected by disasters similar floods, landslides and cloudbursts for the twelvemonth 2023, and has besides released archetypal instalment of Rs 451.44 crore connected July 7.

Further, successful bid to enactment the affected radical of the state, the Centre has already released the archetypal instalment of the Central stock of Rs 198.80 crore to Himachal Pradesh from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) connected June 18, for alleviation measures of contiguous nature.

Apart from this, logistic assistance to each states, including Himachal Pradesh, including deployment of requisite National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams, Army teams and Air Force support, has besides been provided.

A full of 13 teams of NDRF are deployed successful the authorities for rescue and alleviation operations, sources informed.