Kupwara : The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Ayushi Sudan who is also Chairperson of District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Wednesday convened a meeting of concerned officers to review the cases pertaining to property damage in the district.
On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner directed tehsildars, Fire & Emergency service and concerned Executive Engineers to submit joint assessment report of damaged infrastructure in their jurisdiction at an earliest and also ascertain the reason of the incident and duly mention it in the report so that relief is disbursed among the affected families without any delay.
The Deputy Commissioner took a case wise review of all the claims pertaining to property damages.
During the meeting, a total of 235 fire and flood damage cases relating to the damage of residential houses and property were approved for grant of relief under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) norms.
Approved cases also included 26 minor damage cases to residential houses during the August 20 earthquake.
