"An amount of Rs 1,200 crore has been sanctioned under PMDP 2015 for providing assistance to beneficiaries of the houses affected by September-2014 floods. So far, an amount of Rs 1024.07 crore has been released on this account," Minister for Revenue, Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Basharat Ahmed Bukharito the Legislative assembly today.
He was replying to the discussion on Demand for Grants of Revenue, Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Department.
Regarding the process for acquisition of land, he said the department has put in place a strong monitoring mechanism for time bound completion of the acquisition proceedings.
He said special attention is being paid in particular to various projects like Railways, National Highway, etc.
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The Minister said during the current year entire stretch of the National Highway between Jammu and Udhampur has almost been made free from bottlenecks due to timely intervention of the administrative department.
He said the most critical issues regarding the portion of National Highway in Banihal area has also been resolved and almost 100 per cent land has been made available to the executing agency.
"Nearly 3,750 acres of proprietary/state land has been acquired/transferred to various government Departments/ agencies for different public purposes during last one year," Bukhari said.
The Minister informed the house that a policy regarding change of the land use has been notified with a view to streamlining the procedure regarding change of land use, till a comprehensive Housing Policy is formulated.
The Minister informed the House that a separate new department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction has been created.
He said the department comprises Emergency Relief Organization, Disaster Management, Relief and Rehabilitation, Management of Kashmiri Migrants and will also cater to issues pertaining to Displaced Persons and people affected due to firing on LoC and International Borders.
"Rehabilitation and re-settlement policy has been framed for whole of the state with regard to disasters, natural calamities and commissioning of various projects," he said.
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