Dr. Girija Vyas, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation ( MHUPA), has expressed her grief and shock over wide spread damage to property and lives of people caused by the heavy rains & flash floods in Uttarakhand.
Dr Vyas has assured that her Ministry will extend full support to the State of Uttarakhand for providing livelihood to the displaced people under the Scheme of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY). She further stated that necessary financial help will also be provided for reconstruction of houses in the urban areas/towns through its flagship programme “Rajiv Awas Yojana” (RAY).
Further the Ministry has also decided that minimum of one-day’s salary will be given by the Ministerial staff including its attached office, PSUs etc as a donation towards Uttarakhand Relief Fund in this hour of crisis .