Thursday, 01 August 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Rajya Sabha MP and president of Uttarakhand BJP, Mahendra Bhatt has demanded that the compensation to disaster affected people of Uttarakhand should be increased. In his address in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Bhatt drew attention of the house on the tough geographical conditions of Uttarakhand and its sensitivity towards natural disasters. He said that the compensation to the affected people for the mountainous areas under the national disaster management authority should be increased.
Bhatt also requested that the States should be given the right to amend the norms of the compensation granted for landslide, floods and earthquakes. He said that he represents Uttarakhand, where it is a major challenge to rehabilitate people affected by natural disasters. Bhatt said that compensation amount given to the affected people is very less due to which they fail to get justified economic assistance. He said that the houses in the mountainous areas are constructed with stones and mud and have a unique architecture but they are not considered Pucca houses due to which they are deprived of adequate compensation.
Bhatt also raised the issue of mobile and internet connectivity in the house. He demanded that new mobile towers should be constructed to bring all the villages of Uttarakhand under the internet connectivity.
