category Regional, shimla, , tags Regional, shimla, , DW BUREAU Shimla A compensation of more than Rs. 14 crore today was distributed to the disaster-affected families of Hamirpur district under the Punrvaas Scheme, by Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at Hamirpur today. It is pertinent to mention here that the August Monsoons wreaked havoc in the State leading to the mass destruction of both public and private properties besides the loss of human lives. He provided rupees three lakhs each as the first instalment to 122 families whose houses were completely damaged totaling Rs. 3.66 crore. The Chief Minister also handed over land documents to two homeless families of the district and provided financial assistance of rupees one lakh each for the repair of 555 partially damaged houses, totalling Rs. 5.55 crore to all of them. Apart from this, he also provided a compensation amount of rupees one lakh each to the affected eight shop and dhaba owners. A sum of Rs 3.11 crore for the repair of 622 damaged cow sheds and financial assistance of Rs 50,000 each to 71 families, who lost their belongings in the disaster, was also disbursed by the Chief Minster. Apart from this, a total compensation of Rs 55 lakh at the rate of Rs 10 thousand per bigha was given in lieu of 1103 kanal of land eroded due to landslides and floods and Rs 35.20 lakh at the rate of Rs 4 thousand per bigha for the damage caused to the crops on 1760 kanal land. He also released an amount of rupees eight lakh to the cattle owners compensating for the death of their livestock. Chief Minister announced to open Chief Engineer office of HPSEB in Hamirpur and to provide Rs. 20 crore for undergrounding the electricity cables of Hamirpur city directing to complete the work within one year. He also announced rupees two crores as the first installment for the construction of the Hamirpur bus stand and announced the construction of the hostel of Horticulture University in Neri to be constructed with an outlay of rupees three crore. Reiterating the objective of the government for the uplifting the poor and needy, the Chief Minister said that he better understands the sufferings of common man and the poor and even because of financial constraints, the state government announced a special relief package of Rs. 4500 crore for the people affected due to the natural calamity, the worst of its kind. Despite having a debt burden of Rs. 75 thousand crore and liabilities of government employees worth Rs. 10 thousand crore, the state government has will help each family affected by the disaster , said Sh. Sukhu. (editor dailyworld.in)