Earlier, a high-level committee, headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, had approved Rs 1,000 crore for various disaster mitigation and capacity-building projects in 15 states.
Dehradun: The Centre has sanctioned Rs 1,480 crore to Uttarakhand for disaster management, officials said on Tuesday.
The amount was sanctioned under the World Bank-aided Uttarakhand Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Project with the objective of strengthening disaster management in the hill state and reducing the response time.
Expressing his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approving the amount for Uttarakhand under the project, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said, “We are a disaster-sensitive state.
The amount sanctioned by the central government will greatly help in reducing the impact of disasters by aiding disaster relief and rescue operations in the state.” Construction of 45 bridges, eight road safety measures, 10 disaster shelters, construction/strengthening of 19 fire stations, construction of training centres for the State Disaster Response Force as well as works related to forest fire control are to be undertaken as part of the project, Dhami said.
“On behalf of all the people of the state, heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Honourable Shri @narendramodi ji for this public welfare project approved by the Central Government!” the Chief Minister said on X.
Earlier, a high-level committee, headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, had approved Rs 1,000 crore for various disaster mitigation and capacity-building projects in 15 states.
The committee also approved another project for training and capacity building of civil defence volunteers in all states and Union territories at a total outlay of Rs 115.67 crore, according to an official statement.
According to an official statement, a sum of Rs 139 crore each was approved for Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, Rs 100 crore for Maharashtra, Rs 72 crore each for Karnataka and Kerala, Rs 50 crore each for Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, and Rs 378 crore for the eight Northeastern states — Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura.
The committee, comprising Union ministers for finance and agriculture and the vice chairman of the NITI Aayog as members, considered the proposal to mitigate landslide risk in 15 states for funding from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF).
Another proposal for training and capacity building of civil defence volunteers in all states and UT’s under-preparedness and capacity building from the funding window of the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) was also considered, it said.
Earlier, the committee approved Urban Flood Risk Mitigation Projects in seven cities at a total outlay of Rs 3075.65 crore and Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) risk management projects in four states at a total outlay of Rs 150 crore from the NDMF.
To fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of disaster resilient India, the Ministry of Home Affairs under the guidance of Shah has taken several initiatives to ensure effective management of disasters in the country, the statement said.