Home Ministry approves disaster resilience projects worth Rs 1116 Cr

New Delhi, Nov 26: A high-level committee, under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah Tuesday approved Rs 1115.67 crore for disaster mitigation and capacity building projects for various states.

The committee, comprising the Finance Minister, Agriculture Minister, and Vice Chairman NITI Aayog as its members considered the proposal to mitigate landslide risk in 15 states for funding from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) and another proposal for training and capacity building of civil defence volunteers in all states and union territories under the preparedness and capacity building from the funding window of National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).

The high-level committee approved the National Landslide Risk Mitigation project in 15 states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal at a total cost of Rs 1000 crore.

The committee approved Rs 139 crore for Uttarakhand, Rs 139 crore for Himachal Pradesh, Rs 378 crore for eight North East states, Rs 100 crore for Maharashtra, Rs 72 crore for Karnataka, Rs 72 crore for Kerala, Rs 50 crore for Tamil Nadu, and Rs 50 crore for West Bengal.

The high-level committee also approved another project for training and capacity building of civil defence in all states and union territories at a total outlay of Rs 115.67 crore.

Earlier, the committee had approved Urban Flood Risk Mitigation projects in seven cities at a total outlay of Rs 3075.65 crore and GLOF Risk Management in 4 states at a total outlay of Rs 150 crore from NDMF.

To fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of disaster resilient India, the Ministry of Home Affairs under Home Minister, Amit Shah has taken several initiatives to ensure effective management of disasters in the country.

A number of steps have been taken to prevent any extensive loss of life and property during disasters by strengthening the disaster risk reduction system in India.

Under the leadership of PM Modi and guidance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah more than Rs 21,476 crore has already been released to the states during this year.

This includes Rs 14,878.40 crore from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to 26 states, Rs 4637.66 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to 15 states, Rs 1385.45 crore from the State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to 11 states, and Rs 574.93 crore from National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) to six states.