NEW DELHI: With the loss pegged at over Rs 1, 200 crore, former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of the damage caused in disaster-affected areas of the state while seeking an “area-specific’ relief package for rehabilitation.
The Prime Minister took detailed information about the damage and assured all possible support in reconstruction and rehabilitation in the disaster-affected areas.
Jairam Thakur said the Prime Minister was apprised that not only houses but also agricultural lands were washed away in the calamity that occurred on the night of June 30.
“Now people do not even have land to build houses. In such a situation, concessions should be given in the Forest Conservation Act to give them land so that the homeless people can be resettled in safe places, ” a statement quoting BJP leader Thakur said.