DC Kupwara chairs DDMA meeting

KUPWARA : The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Ms. Ayushi Sudan who is also Chairperson, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) today convened a meeting of concerned officers to review the cases pertaining to property damage in the district.
On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner directed the concerned officers to ensure timely submission of joint assessment report of damaged infrastructure in their jurisdiction so that relief is disbursed among the affected people without any delay. She took a detailed case wise review of all the claims pertaining to property and livestock damages in the district.
During the meeting, a total of 18 cases relating to the landslide/flood, earthquake, fire incident and death were put forth for discussion, out of which 17 cases were approved for grant of relief under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) norms and 1 case was deferred for revisit.

The meeting was attended by ADDC Kupwara, Mufti Fareed-ud-din, ADC Kupwara, Gulzar Ahmad; ACR, Peerzada Mumtaz Ahmad, Tehsildars and other concerned officers.