Rs2,000 cr to be spent on rehabilitation of 2014 flood victims

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today said Rs 2,000 crore will be spent for relief and rehabilitation of people, including traders, hit by 2014 floods in the state.
Giving the breakup of the Rs 80,000 crore package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his November 7 rally in Srinagar, Sayeed said of this Rs 1,200 crore will be spent on reconstruction of houses damaged in the September 2014 floods, while Rs 800 crore will be utilised for reviving the flood-impacted trade.
Reaffirming his resolve to provide relief to every affected person, he claimed it will be for the first time when people will be provided monetary help for reconstruction "of their damaged houses as well as for restoration of livelihood of traders and small-time businessmen".

"A comprehensive plan for protection of river Jhelum at a cost of Rs 1,100 crore is part of the development package, besides the Rs 2,000 crore that will be spent on restoration of flood-damaged infrastructure," he said.
The Chief Minister said for a fully-damaged pucca house, an amount of Rs 3.00 lakh will be provided while Rs 1.5 lakh will be provided in case of a fully-damaged kutcha house. The previous Omar Abdullah government had demanded Rs 9 lakh as compensation for each completely damaged pucca house.
Similarly, for a severely-damaged pucca house a financial assistance of Rs one lakh will be extended while for a severely-damaged kutcha house Rs 50,000 will be given, Sayeed added.

Rs 2,000 crore will also be spent to provide one-time monetary compensation to families from PoK and Chammb areas, he said.

About 25 projects will be completed during a period of five years under the package which the state finance minister had earlier termed as TAMIER.
On the issue of West Pakistan refugees, he said, "We will take measures for providing them better facilities as it is human problem."
"Central and state governments have jointly decided to lay the foundation for a 'new Jammu and Kashmir' through aggregative Multi-sector Economic and Infrastructure rebuilding (TAMEIR) Plan 2015-2020, a socio economic development framework for the faster and more inclusive growth of the state," he said.

"This package involves the GoI support to humanitarian and multi-sectorial growth initiatives in the state and help in creating an environment of peace, certainty and stability in tune with ruling coalition agenda," he said.
"This will certainly help in transforming the government into a smart government which will be proactive, transparent and accountable," he added.
He said package has earmarked Rs 33,000 crore for road sector, Rs 900 crore for health sector, Rs 3,900 crore for power sector, Rs 2,000 crore for tourism sector, Rs 2,000 crore for small hydel projects, Rs 450 crore for increase remunerations of SPOs, Rs 500 crore horticulture development and Rs 500 crore for smart cities.

While Rs 52,385 crore have been kept for economic infrastructure development building, Rs 8,441 crore for social infrastructure support, Rs 8,421 crore for development works, Rs 6,013 crore for humanitarian relief and rehabilitation and Rs 4,808 crore for disaster management, he said.