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Department wise break-up of the expenditure incurred on relief and rehabilitation<br />
(immediate as well as long-term) :-<br />
Govt. has placed funds at the disposal of Collector, <strong>Wardha</strong> and same was placed at the<br />
disposal of SDOs & Tahsildars of this district for giving relief to the sufferers and also for<br />
incurring expenditures on the work of rehabilitation. Relief was granted from C.M. relief fund to<br />
the extent of 8 lakhs.<br />
Name of<br />
Department<br />
Revenue<br />
department<br />
Type of Relief/Compensation and<br />
rehabilitation<br />
25<br />
Expenditure in<br />
Lakhs.<br />
Gratuitous relief 68<br />
Subsidy for repairs/reconstructionof houses 96<br />
Subsidy for seeds 44.55<br />
Subsidy for purchase of cattle 0.30<br />
Shelter transit camps 92<br />
Land acquisition for rehabilitation of land for<br />
water supply and other amenities.<br />
Supply of food grains. 85<br />
Rehabilitation work. 47<br />
On medicine and preventive measures 5<br />
Organizational Structure evolved to manage the emergency specify the key departments<br />
involved:-<br />
Prior to offset of monsoon, every year meeting is called of all the depts. concerned for<br />
taking all precautionary measures in respect of probable floods. In 1994-95 the excess water was<br />
released by the Irrigation dept. from Upper <strong>Wardha</strong> dam located near Morshi of Amravati district.<br />
However on receiving intimation, the staff Revenue, Police, P.W.D., Z.P. etc. were informed to<br />
shift the people from flood prone area to the safer places and to give all relief.<br />
Nature of support from the State and Central authorities:-<br />
From State government :- As mentioned above financial assistants and shelter was given<br />
to the flood victims. Ten villages including Antarodh, Wadgaon (Pande), Savarkheda, Wadhona<br />
(Thakre), Harishwada and 5 others in Arvi taluka were encircled by flood water. Hence 10000<br />
persons were shifted to safer places and transit camps provided for flood sufferers.<br />
From Central government :- Warning system by the Meteorological Department. 350<br />
persons of villages Deorwada and Wadgaon were rescued by civil authorities by using floating<br />
tubes. One Helicopter of the Indian Airforce was deployed on 7th Sep. 94 for dropping the flood<br />
packets in the marooned villages. Army personnel from CAD Pulgaon rescued the people from<br />
the marooned villages.<br />
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