Centre approves Rs 1658.17 cr plan for Joshimath
PrashantNews
The centre on Thursday said it has approved Rs 1658.17 crore recovery and reconstruction plan for Joshimath in Uttarkahand which witnessed land subsidence uprooting scores of people in the town early January this year.
A high level committee under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah put a seal of approval on the plan, said an official statement.
Under the plan, an assistance of Rs 1079.96 crore will be provided from the Recovery and Reconstruction window of the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). The state government will provide rest of Rs 126.41 crore from state disaster response fund (SDRF) and Rs 451.80 from its state budget that included land acquisition cost for resettlement of Rs 91.82 crore, the statement said.
All technical agencies under the guidance of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) were put into action to help the state government in preparing the recovery and reconstruction plan expeditiously.
The recovery plan for Joshimath will be implemented in three years, it said.