Thiruvananthapuram: Almost a month after the disastrous landslide in Wayanad, which declared numerous lives and triggered huge devastations, the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) has actually gotten Rs 246.9 crore in the direction of the alleviation and rehab of the landslide sufferers.
This paints a grim image as the contribution calls by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan appear to have actually stimulated reduced action when contrasted to the earlier times.
It is additionally to be kept in mind that a big piece of state civil servant and IAS policemans are yet to accept the federal government’s require contributing 5 days wage to CMDRF. This is in the middle of the claims of abuse of contributions gotten in CMDRF throughout the 2018-19 floodings and Covid -19. Earlier this month, the federal government has actually comprised a grievance redressal cell in the Finance division to deal with the questions associated with the issues about Wayanad landslides.
While Rs 4,970.29 crore was gotten in the CMDRF for the 2018-19 floodings alleviation tasks, throughout Covid -19, it got Rs 1,129.74 crore. The payments gotten in CMDRF for Wayanad, which was struck by landslides that declared around 400 lives and triggered damage worth around Rs 1,200 crore, is just Rs 246.9 crore.
Despite duplicated appeals of the principal priest, a significant piece of civil servant are yet to provide readiness to add 5 days wage to the federal government. The IAS organization had actually additionally shared annoyance over subtracting 5 days wage as they were not welcomed to a conference of solution organisations held by the principal priest hereof.
Anti- corruption lobbyist R S Sasikumar, that earlier relocated the Kerala Lok Ayukta versus the abuse of CMDRF by the Pinarayi Vijayan federal government, claims that individuals despaired in CMDRF owing to the federal government’s extensive abuse. The slow-moving action results from this, he informed DH
He had actually additionally sent a depiction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to guarantee a state-centre joint surveillance system on the exercise of main aid to be offered Wayanad landslide alleviation and rehab. He additionally declared in the depiction that the funds accumulated for flooding and Covid alleviation were extensively mistreated by the Kerala federal government.
The state federal government has actually been skinning that beneficial interest teams were letting loose deceptive war the CMDRF. The state cops additionally signed up numerous instances in this link.
Published 28 August 2024, 13:33 IST
