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J&K Govt to compensate all victims of last year's flood: CM 6/2/2015 11:21:29 PM Early Times Report srinagar, June 2:Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said his government would compensate all those who lost their residential houses in the last year's floods. "The government will compensate those people who lost their residential houses in the last year's floods. All those persons whose 'pacca' or 'kutcha' houses, which were partially or fully-damaged in the floods, will be compensated," he said. The Chief Minister assured that he would not take rest till all the affected people were provided relief. "I will not rest till all those affected by the deluge of 2014 are provided relief by the government," Sayeed said. He was addressing a gathering after distributing cheques among victims of the floods which devastated the Valley in September last year. Sayeed said the government is pursuing a comprehensive flood management plan with the Central government to initiate permanent protection measures from impending threat of floods. "Dredging of rivers and flood channels and strengthening of river embankments has been prioritised so that threats from such calamities are reduced in future," he said. Referring to the steps taken by the government to repair damaged infrastructure, in particular roads, schools, hospitals, filtration plants and power receiving stations, Sayeed said the government would soon begin permanent restoration of public infrastructural facilities. Earlier, the chief minister handed over relief cheques amongst small-time uninsured traders and destitute people of Srinagar district here who were affected by the floods. As many as 993 small-time businessmen, including those whose annual turnover was between Rs five lakh to Rs 10 lakh, were provided cheques worth Rs 2.27 crore out of the Chief Minister's Flood Relief Fund. Appreciating the district administration for fast-tracking identification of victims and distribution of cheques, Sayeed said the relief being provided is only a start-up incentive which will allow the victims to commence their business activities, according to an official spokesman. He said all those small-time businessmen with turnover less than Rs five lakh, who could not be provided cheques earlier, were handed over cheques by the chief minister today. The Srinagar district administration has also provided relief cheques to 268 destitute people so far, the spokesman said.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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