The State government has initiated steps on a war footing to set up temporary shelters for flood-affected families in Periyakaatupalayam and Visur in Cuddalore district.
Arrangements have also been made to issue free house site pattas to the affected families under the Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) scheme.
“The flood-affected families are now staying in relief camps. As many as 48 temporary shelters are being set up at Periyakaatupalayam and 20 shelters at Visur. The shelters would be ready in two days and 68 families would be evacuated from the relief camps and accommodated in the temporary shelters,” Rural Development Secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi told The Hindu .
Each shelter will have a separate kitchen and toilet.
While the flood-affected families in Visur already have patta lands, the administration will issue pattas as per government norms to families in Periyakaatupalayam, Mr. Bedi said.
Crop damage assessment
The assessment of damage to standing crops is expected to be completed shortly.
The administration will inform the details of crop damage to the government and compensation will be disbursed as per government norms.
The compensation will be deposited in the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Bank accounts of farmers.
Collector S. Suresh Kumar said that steps had been initiated to distribute free textbooks and certificates to children in the flood-affected areas in the district.
Arrangements have also been made for issuing duplicate ration cards, Aadhaar cards, land documents and other certificates to families that had lost the documents in the floods.
A total of 2,838 persons in flood-affected villages had applied with the district administration seeking duplicate copies of various certificates and documents, he said.
Meanwhile, volunteers from RAMCO cements limited under the banner of Ramco Social Service League distributed relief materials worth Rs. 20 lakh to flood-affected families in the district.
The group led by Ramalingam, vice-president (manufacturing), and S. Ramaraj, assistant vice-president (administration), distributed relief materials, including bed-sheets, rice and cooking utensils to over 3,000 people in the worst-affected villages of Kurinjipadi, Panruti, Chidambaram and Bhuvanagiri taluks, a release said.
