Rs 139 crore for Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, Rs 100 crore for Maharashtra, Rs 72 crore for Karnataka and Kerala, Rs 50 crore for Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and Rs 378 crore for North Eastern states. – Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura.
The decision has been taken by a high-level committee headed by Home Minister Amit Shah along with Union Ministers for Finance and Agriculture and Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog. They considered the proposal to reduce the risk of landslides in 15 states for funding from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF).
The Committee also approved a project for training and capacity building of Civil Defense Volunteers in all States and Union Territories at a total cost of Rs 115.67 crore. The funding window of the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) will be used to finance the project.
Earlier, the committee approved urban flood risk mitigation projects in seven cities worth a total of Rs 3,075.65 crore and Glacial Leakout Burst Flood (GLOF) risk management projects in four states for a total of Rs 150 crore from the NDMF. Approved on cost.
“To fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a disaster-proof India, the Ministry of Home Affairs has taken several steps to ensure effective disaster management in the country,” the statement said.
Several steps have been taken to prevent any major loss of life and property during disasters by strengthening the disaster risk reduction system in India, the statement said.
Over Rs 21,476 crore has already been released to the states during this year under the Modi government. This includes Rs 14,878.40 crore from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to 26 states, Rs 4,637.66 crore to 15 states from NDRF, Rs 1,385.45 crore to 11 states from State Disaster Mitigation Fund and Rs 6 crore from NDMF, Rs 574 crore from NDMF. are The statement added.