Time-bound monetary help to be given after assessing injury in rain-related disasters, says Kerala CM

By PTI

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Time-bound monetary help could be offered to those that suffered lack of life and property within the landslides and floods in varied components of Kerala through the latest heavy rains after evaluation of the injury by the assorted departments, Chief Minister of the State Pinarayi Vijayan stated on Monday.

The Chief Minister’s assertion got here through the Assembly session. He stated emergency monetary help has already been offered to the dependents of the deceased and lacking individuals.

Apart from this, varied schemes — together with catastrophe administration plans — price Rs 7,800 crore are additionally being applied on the native body-level, he stated.

The schemes have already been given administrative sanction and have been at varied phases of implementation, he stated.

Besides these, flood mitigation initiatives like ‘Room for River’ are additionally being applied, he stated.

He stated as a part of the flood mitigation efforts, the depth of Pampa and Achankovil rivers — that are one of many principal causes of floods in Kuttanad area — has been elevated by widening their beds by round 360 metres.

The Chief Minister stated the detailed challenge report for the subsequent section of the ‘Room for River’ challenge is being ready and as a part of that, steps could be taken to extend the depth and width of the canals to make sure clean circulation of water.

The Chengandayar has been deepened from Vembanad Lake to Manikandan River and initiatives, together with ‘Room for Vembanad’, are being applied to keep away from standing water.

He furtherr stated 3.8 lakh volunteers have been skilled and outfitted for community-based catastrophe mitigation and along with that the Department of Fire and Rescue has skilled Civil Defence volunteers and deployed 50 Civil Defense Forces comprising 6,450 personnel at 129 hearth stations.

Besides these, beneath the Re-Build Kerala initiative — launched within the aftermath of the 2018 floods — steps are being taken to rebuild the State in a way which is environment-friendly and ensures the State is resilient to future pure disasters, the Chief Minister stated.

With the assistance of the State Disaster Management Authority, the Co-operation Department is implementing the ‘Care Home’ scheme for individuals who have misplaced their houses within the 2018 floods, he added.