Panel OKs Rs 1,116 crore for landslide mitigation | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Center has allocated Rs 1,116 crore for landslide mitigation in 15 states in a decision taken on Tuesday by a high-level committee headed by Home Minister Amit Shah.
The beneficiary states include the eight in the northeast, besides Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra and West Bengal. The money will be released from the National Disaster Relief Fund. During the current financial year, the government has already released over Rs 21,000 crore disaster relief and capacity building for states.
The high-level committee approved Rs 1,000 crore for landslide risk mitigation projects and Rs 116 crore for civil defense training and capacity building projects in all states/UTs. Earlier, the committee had approved urban flood risk mitigation projects in seven cities at a total outlay of Rs 3,076 crore and GLOF risk management in four states at an outlay of Rs 150 crore from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund. The high-level committee consists of Finance Minister, Agriculture Minister and NITI Aayog Vice Chairman as members.
“Over ₹21,476 crore has already been released to the states this year, including ₹14,878 crore from SDRF to 26 states, ₹4,638 crore from NDRF to 15 states, ₹1,385 crore from SDMF to 11 states and ₹575 crore from NDMF to six states.” , the Ministry of the Interior said.