Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Ayushi Sudan, who is also Chairperson, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) today convened a meeting of concerned officers to review the cases pertaining to property damage in the district. On the occasion, DC directed the concerned officers to ensure timely submission of a joint assessment report of damaged infrastructure in their jurisdiction so that relief is disbursed among the affected people without any delay.
She took a detailed case wise review of all the claims pertaining to property and livestock damages in the district. During the meeting, a total of 18 cases relating to the landslide/flood, earthquake, fire incident and death were put forth for discussion, out of which 17 cases were approved for grant of relief under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) norms and 1 case was deferred for revisit.
The meeting was attended by ADDC Kupwara, Mufti Fareed-ud-din, ADC Kupwara, Gulzar Ahmad; ACR, Tehsildars and other concerned officers.