Key Highlights:
- Rehabilitation Project Overview:
- The Kerala government approved two townships in Kalpetta and Kottappady to rehabilitate landslide victims of Wayanad.
- Proposed features include housing, schools, healthcare facilities, anganwadis, markets, parking areas, playgrounds, drinking water, and sanitation amenities.
- Focus on Livelihoods:
- Rehabilitation measures include agriculture, animal husbandry, and micro-entrepreneurship to help survivors rebuild their lives sustainably.
- Affected families opting out of townships will receive ₹15 lakh compensation.
- Project Execution & Oversight:
- Uralunkal Labour Contract Society has been contracted for implementation, monitored by a panel headed by the chief minister.
- Land acquisition will follow provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
Centre-State Tussle
- Centre’s Delayed Action:
- CM Pinarayi Vijayan expressed concerns over delays in declaring the landslide a “calamity of a severe nature,” resulting in the loss of additional assistance from the UN and NGOs.
- Allegations against the Centre for not providing adequate disaster-relief funding or relaxing norms for the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
- Humanitarian Issues:
- The CM criticized the Centre for not addressing the debt woes of landslide-hit communities in the aspirational villages of Wayanad.
Curious Corner
How can governments better collaborate in disaster scenarios to ensure timely rehabilitation and mitigate bureaucratic delays?
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