Central Government urged to grant Rs 500 cr for relief works

KOLLAM: Revenue Minister K.P.Rajendran has urged the Centre to grant Rs 500 crore for conducting the relief works by considering the increasing incidents of natural calamities in the state.Inaugurating the disaster relief centre at the Collectorate under the UNDP scheme here on Friday, the Minister said that the state would prepare a comprehensive programme for the same in the presence of Union Minister Mullappalli Ramachandran on June 30. The fund provided by the Centre for the relief works is quite inadequate. The norms for allocating relief fund should also be changed, he said.He said that the disaster relief centres would be extended up to taluk, village-levels also. The state had conducted disaster relief awareness programmes during the last one year with the financial assistance of the UNDP to the tune of Rs 3.50 crore and they were found very effective, he said. The disaster relief centres will function by using the modern equipment.The coordinated efforts of various departments are also needed for the same, he said. The Minister released the district disaster relief  project by handing over a copy to S.Suvarnakumar, the secretary of the NGO.The disaster management directory prepared by the Quilon Social Service Society was released at the function by its director Fr Joseph Ditto by handing over a copy to District Collector A.Shajahan.The district disaster relief centre inaugurated at the Collectorate was the first one of its kind in the state. It will provide society-based disaster management training programme in all the 22 fisheries villages of the district.

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