Thursday 17 December 2015

Ensure funds are used only for relief work: HC

Recording various materials placed before the Madras High Court by the Central and the State governments to show that there was no lack of coordination in the flood relief work as alleged, the First Bench of the court said, “We are of the view that it must be ensured that the funds which are specifically coming for this purpose are utilised to rehabilitate the affected persons.”
Responding to a suo motu proceeding initiated by the Madras High Court directing the State government to inform the court about the coordination taking place in respect of the relief measures in flood-affected areas, the government on Wednesday filed a detailed reply enunciating how it coordinated the relief work with other agencies.
Explaining the works , the State’s Revenue Secretary, R. Venkatesan, said, “As part of the pre-monsoon preparedness, senior IAS officers were designated as monitoring officers for each district and the officers were already in their designated stations on receipt of the weather forecast from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).”



Source :- The Hindu, 17-Dec-2015

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