Uttarakhand Cabinet on Monday cleared proposals for the setting up of two committees for disaster management and a specialised disaster response force to deal with natural calamities in the state.
The two committees for disaster management one for sanctioning, the other for monitoring received the nod at a Cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, chief secretary Subhash Kumar told reporters.
The above panels would be the only ones to be set up for disaster management in the state, Kumar added.
A State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) has already been constituted in Uttarakhand under the chairmanship of the chief minister.
Handing out further details, Kumar said that the principal secretary (finance) will head the sanctioning committee which can clear projects of up to Rs 5 crore. For projects going beyond that budget, SDMA would be the sanctioning body, he added.
The chief secretary himself would be heading the monitoring panel which will keep an eye on the progress and quality of projects sanctioned. The Cabinet also gave its go-ahead for a specialised State Disaster Response Force to deal with natural calamities, Kumar said.
The two committees for disaster management one for sanctioning, the other for monitoring received the nod at a Cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, chief secretary Subhash Kumar told reporters.
The above panels would be the only ones to be set up for disaster management in the state, Kumar added.
A State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) has already been constituted in Uttarakhand under the chairmanship of the chief minister.
Handing out further details, Kumar said that the principal secretary (finance) will head the sanctioning committee which can clear projects of up to Rs 5 crore. For projects going beyond that budget, SDMA would be the sanctioning body, he added.
The chief secretary himself would be heading the monitoring panel which will keep an eye on the progress and quality of projects sanctioned. The Cabinet also gave its go-ahead for a specialised State Disaster Response Force to deal with natural calamities, Kumar said.