UTTRANCHAL SUBMITS MEMORANDUM ON CENTRAL ASSISTANCE
FOR DROUGHT AND FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS
The Chief Minister of Uttranchal, Shri N.D. Tiwari
today met the Union Agriculture Minister Shri Ajit Singh here
and submitted a memorandum seeking central assistance for the
drought & flood-affected areas of his State. He requested
Shri Singh to send a Central team to assess the situation in the
affected areas and recommend Central assistance. Shri Ajit Singh
said that the State should immediately start "Food for Work"
programme under the ‘Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana" in
the affected parts of the State. He said that the Centre would
soon send Central teams to different States to assess the situation
to recommend for assistance under the National Calamity Contingency
Fund (NCCF). Before that is done, the State should utilize funds
available under the Calamity Relief Fund (CRF), Shri Singh said.
During the discussion, Shri Ajit
Singh told Shri Tiwari that his State can take advantage of the
various schemes such as the Rural Godown Scheme, Cold Storage
Scheme for proper storage of agricultural and horticultural produce.
He asked Shri Tiwari to quickly pass Cooperative Laws similar
to the laws passed by the Centre recently to make the Cooperatives
more effective.
