Three weeks after Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Hudhud hit Visakhapatnam there are many persons still living in dwellings that have been damaged extensively. The cyclone hit persons still do not have any clarity on whether they should rebuild their dwellings on pending Government assistance or wait for the official relief to be handed over.
While the Government worked quickly to restore the infrastructure like electricity and water supply the individuals continue to suffer, Congress leader Bolisetti Satyanarayana told the media on Sunday. There is no clarity given by the district administration or the Government on this and the people are afraid that if they do carry out repairs the Government may not sanction the promised relief after finding no ‘damage’ in the repaired dwellings, he said.
There are more than 38,000 dwellings in the city that have suffered damages as per the data available on the Government website. And the process has tried to bring in transparency by giving a unique number to each case reported, the organisation of the data also ensures that duplicate reporting cannot occur, he said.
The Congress MPs promised to release Rs. 10 crore from their MPLADS funds for cyclone relief during the visit of AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi to the Hudhud affected areas, but there is no step been taken to release the funds and there is no clarity how it would actually benefit the Cyclone affected persons.
At the end of the day what matters is whether the relief has reached the affected person or not, he pointed out.
