Seven years after the devastating floods of 2014 ravaged Srinagar, the victims of the calamity are yet to receive compensation as promised by the government.
The victims haven’t received the financial aid released by the government of India under the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund in 2015.
The floods hit most parts of Srinagar on September 7, 2014 after continuous rainfall caused levels of Jhelum to raise and embankments were breached.
The aggrieved people appealed to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to personally look into the matter and direct the authorities concerned to disburse the compensation among left-out without any further delay.
A study titled ‘satellite-based rapid assessment on floods in Jammu & Kashmir–September 2014′, conducted jointly by the department of environment & remote sensing and the ISRO, concluded that the 2014 floods inundated 557 sq-km of Kashmir and affected at least 22 lakh people.
The assistance to the flood victims was provided in three installments. The then Omar Abdullah-led government paid Rs 75,000 each for fully damaged houses, Rs 12,500 each for severely damaged houses and Rs 3,800 each for partially damaged houses as immediate interim relief.
The amount was disbursed from the state disaster relief fund. Later, the government paid the second installment under the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PNMRF) and the third under PMDF.
As reported earlier, over Rs 500 crore were disbursed among affected families of 2014 devastating floods in Srinagar under Prime Minister’s Development Package, reveals official records.
The total number of residential houses damaged in various categories in 2014 devastating floods remained 77569.
As per the official records, a number of fully damaged pacca residential house in the 2014 floods in Srinagar was 5526, severally damaged 20813 and partially 51025.
The record further reveals that the number of Kacha fully damaged residential house was 96, severely damaged 54 and partially 55.
The amount, as per official records, disbursed among affected families was over Rs 500.22 crore.
