New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday approved 🍨a ₹ 1658.17 crore recovery and reconstruction plan for Joshimath in Uttarakhand which was affected by landslide and ground ♛subsidence earlier this year.
The decision was taken by a high level c🎃ommittee, headed by Union Home Minister Amit🐼 Shah, according to an official statement.
The committee approved the Recovery and Reconstruction (R&R𒁃) plan of ₹ 1658.17 crore for Joshimath, the statem𝓰ent said.
Under thi🌱s plan, ₹ 1079.96 crore of central assistance will be provided from the recovery an🌊d reconstruction window of the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).
The Uttarakhand government will provide ₹ 126.41 crore from its State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) towards relief assistance and ₹ 451.80 crore from its state budg♓et, including land acquisition cost for resettlement of ₹ 91.82 crore.
Joshimath was hit by landslide and ground s♏ubsidence and the central government has extended a𒈔ll necessary technical and logistical support to the state, the statement said.
Under the leade🌱rship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, all technical agencies under the guidance of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) were put into action and they helped the state government in preparing th♏e recovery plan for Joshimath expeditiously, it said.
The recov𓆉ery plan for Joshimath would be implemented in three years, following the best practices, Build Back Better (BBB) principles, and sustainability initiatives. Thereafter, Joshimath will emerge as an exc🅠ellent example of ecological sustainability, the statement said.
