Representatives of various people’s organisations have demanded that a special audit be conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on accounts pertaining to Hudhud relief.
It was unfortunate that the government organised celebrations to mark the first anniversary of Hudhud at a time when a majority of the poor, who had suffered extensive damage, were yet to receive compensation, they said at a media conference here on Tuesday.
The government should come out with a white paper on where the funds allocated by the Centre, as also those given by donors both in India and abroad, towards Hudhud relief had gone.
E.A.S. Sarma of Forum for Better Visakha (FBV) said that a number of voluntary organisations and individuals had given donations of Rs.260 crore, and the State government announced that houses would be constructed for the affected persons with the amount.
‘No compensation yet’
Stating that surveys conducted by officials put the number of houses damaged in the city at over one lakh, Mr. Sarma, who is also a retired IAS officer, said that till date 52,000 person were not given compensation on the pretext that they had no ration card, Aadhaar card, bank account, etc.
Pushcart vendors and auto-rickshaw drivers were also yet to receive any relief, he said.
Similarly, a majority of fishermen, barring a few boat owners, were not paid compensation so far. Fish vendors were not paid compensation on the pretext that their societies had not been registered.
