Bahuguna Welcomes PM’s 12-Member Expediting Committee for U’khand Reconstruction
Dehradun, July 12, 2013: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has welcomed the formation of a 12- member inter-ministerial committee headed by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for expediting the process of reconstruction and rehabilitation in the flood ravaged areas of the State.
The formation of the committee shows the seriousness of the UPA Government to expeditiously usher in normalcy to the nature battered State.
The committee comprising of several Union Ministers will help in getting the necessary funds and expertise needed for the gigantic task by overcoming hurdles faced by files while moving in different Ministries, Mr. Bahuguna told The Hindu here on Thursday.
On the people who had gone missing in last month’s disaster at Kedarghati, Mr. Bahuguna reiterated that all those who do not return by July 15 would be declared ‘deemed dead’. The search operations for recovering missing persons dead or alive would however, continue beyond July 15 also, he said.
Meanwhile, social activist Medha Patkar described the recent calamity in the State as a man-made disaster adding that it was high time the corporate driven governments began thinking of socio-economic development based on ecological and sustainability parameters.
Source: The Hindu, DT. July 12, 2013.