MLA Captain Ranjit Singh announces Rs. one Lakh assistance for each affected family
Each displaced family in Chabutra to get Rs. 8.70 lakh relief package, including Rs. 7 lakh from State Government and Rs.70,000 for essential items
Punjab Newsline, Shimla-
CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today visited disaster-affected villages in the Sujanpur constituency of district Hamirpur and reviewed relief and rehabilitation works. He assured the affected families of every possible support from the state government.
The Chief Minister visited Khairi and adjoining villages to assess the flood and landslide damage and later inspected the land subsidence-affected area of Chabutra. He interacted with the displaced families and announced that the State Government would provide Rs. 7 lakh for house construction and Rs. 70,000 for household items. In addition, local MLA Captain Ranjit Singh would extend Rs. one lakh to each affected family, raising the total assistance to Rs. 8.70 lakh per family.
Sukhu said that similar assessments were underway in other parts of Hamirpur district and relief was being extended to all affected families. He said that the issue of transferring safe forest land for house construction would be taken up with the Central Government, along with the overall losses suffered by Himachal Pradesh during the monsoon season. Later the Chief Minister also listened to public grievances at Kutheda.
MLA Suresh Kumar, Chairman of Kangra Central Cooperative Bank Ram Chandra Pathania, State Nasha Nivaran Board Coordinator Naresh Thakur, senior Congress leaders Dr. Pushpender Verma and Suman Bharti, Deputy Commissioner Amarjeet Singh, SP Bhagat Singh Thakur and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.