Panel OKs Rs 1,116 crore for landslide mitigation | India Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Centre has allotted 1,116 crore for landslide mitigation in 15 states in a choice taken on Tuesday by a high-level committee headed by residence minister Amit Shah.
The beneficiary states embody the eight within the northeast, moreover Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra and West Bengal. The funds shall be launched from the Nationwide Catastrophe Mitigation Fund. In the course of the present monetary yr, the govt. has already launched greater than 21,000 crore in the direction of catastrophe mitigation and capability constructing to states.
The high-level committee authorized 1,000 crore in the direction of the landslide danger mitigation initiatives, 116 crore in the direction of initiatives for coaching and capability constructing of civil defence in all states/ UT’s. Earlier, the committee had authorized city flood danger mitigation initiatives in seven cities at a complete outlay of three,076 crore and GLOF danger administration in 4 states at an outlay of 150 crore from the Nationwide Catastrophe Mitigation Fund. The high-level committee contains the finance minister, agriculture minister and vice chairman of NITI Aayog as members.
“Greater than 21,476 crore has already been launched to the states throughout this yr, together with 14,878 crore from SDRF to 26 states, 4,638 crore from NDRF to fifteen states, 1,385 crore from SDMF to 11 states and ₹575 crore from NDMF to 6 states,” the house ministry mentioned.