Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 22: Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation, Syed Basharat Bukhari, while replying to a question of Javid Ahmad in the Legislative Council today stated that no compensation case of 2005 earthquake victims of Karnah is pending.
Replying to a supplementary to the main question, Bukhari said that the Districts of Kupwara and Baramulla of Kashmir Division and Poonch of Jammu division were severely affected in devastating earthquake in October 2005, in which 951 persons died, 418 were injured, 23781 houses fully damaged, 174802 partially damaged in the Kashmir Division and 17 persons died, 91 were injured, 1690 houses fully damaged and 2263 partially damaged in Jammu Division.
The Minister said an ex-gratia relief of Rs 50,000 per deceased, Rs. 5000 per injured, Rs. 1 lakh for fully damaged house, Rs. 1500 to Rs. 13500 for partially damaged house has been paid to the victims. He further added that Rs. 1 lakh stands provided to the next of kin of the deceased persons of the earthquake out of the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.
He stated that for construction of temporary shelters Rs 30,000 were provided to the persons with fully damaged houses over and above the ex-gratia relief of Rs. 1 lakh, while as Rs. 5000 each as an incentives was provided to the affected families who constructed the shelters within the stipulated time frame.
Bukhari said, one month free ration was also provided to the earthquake hit population of Uri, Tangdar and Poonch. Moreover, Rs. 20 per adult and Rs. 10 per child per day in the shape of cash only for the purchase of essential commodities like Atta, K-oil, Vegetables for earthquake affected areas of the State was also provided for a period of one month.
The Minister added, as a special package, Union Ministry of Home Affairs released an amount of Rs 134 crore for construction of temporary shelter units out of which 1246 shelters stand constructed in Jammu Division and 19502 shelters stand constructed in Kashmir Division, while as tents, kitchen sets, Shamiyanas, blankets etc were also provided to the affected persons.
He informed the House, for procurement of 51720 school uniforms @ Rs. 400 per set and an amount of Rs. 2 crore were provided to the Education Department and Rs. 24.5 lakh for the procurement of sports equipment to the schools of the earthquake affected areas.
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