Jammu, Feb 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday approved financial aid of Rs.426.83 crore from his relief fund for assistance to the owners of severely and partially damaged houses during last year's devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir.
A Raj Bhavan spokesman said here Wednesday: "This aid will benefit the 1.87 lakh owners of houses damaged in the floods."
"The prime minister had earlier announced PMNRF (Prime Minister's National Relief Fund) relief of Rs.100,000 and Rs.50,000 (respectively) to each of the affected families whose pucca/kutcha house had been fully damaged.
"The financial assistance now approved by the prime minister envisages an additional assistance of rupees 50,000 for severely damaged pucca house, Rs.25,000 for partially damaged pucca house, Rs.10,000 for severely damaged kutcha house and Rs.5,000 for partially damaged kutcha house.
"Owners of 30,933 severely damaged pucca houses involving an amount of Rs.154.66 crore and 93,024 partially damaged houses involving an amount of Rs.232.56 crore will get benefited.
"Also, owners of 15,832 severely damaged kutcha houses involving an amount of Rs.15.83 crore and 47,550 partially damaged houses involving an amount of Rs.23.77 crore will get benefited.
"State Governor N.N. Vohra has expressed gratitude to the union home minister and the prime minister for approving additional PMNRF relief of Rs.426.83 crore for assisting the flood affected families.
"The governor had met the union home minister and the prime minister last month and sought early sanction of additional relief.
"Pertinent to recall that Rs.115.81 crore PMNRF relief has already been disbursed to 16,748 beneficiaries in respect of fully damaged pucca and kutcha houses in pursuance of the announcement made by prime minister when he visited Srinagar on Diwali day."
Kartik Aaryan is in the news these days for his film 'Chandu Champion'. He is also getting a lot
The Delhi High Court will pronounce its verdict this afternoon on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal'
Delhi Excise Policy Case The Delhi High Court will hear the petition of Chief Minister Arvind Kej
Lockdown: Parliamentary committee functioning stalled for 2 months, likely to resume from June 1
New Delhi: Due to Coronavirus epidemic, lockdown has been going on in the entire country for almo
Famous comedian Raju Srivastava passed away on September 21. In his beautiful career spanning 29
Comedian Kunal Kamra has had to pay a heavy price for commenting on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Mini
Expectations regarding the vaccine have also increased amidst increasing cases of coronaviruses.
Four mobile phone numbers threatening the 26/11 terror attacks, shared on the WhatsApp number of
NITI Aayog: CEO Amitabh Kant emphasized natural farming, said – this is the need of the hour
Emphasizing natural farming, NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh Kant on Monday said
Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine did a drone attack on Russia, blacking out in Bryansk region
The Russia-Ukraine war is about to complete a year, but the war between the two countries is stil
