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Families and households still struggling after floods, says survey
Posted on: 17/Jan/2016 6:46:33 PM
A survey conducted by a group pf voluntary organisation in the city has said that most of the households that have been affected by the recent floods are still struggling to get back to normalcy. According to the survey, almost 85% of the households have lost about 40 working days.
Respondents of the survey say that their monetary losses are between Rs. 75,000 and Rs. 5 lakh. The loss covers wages and damages to their homes. They also feel that the relief of Rs. 5,000 from the government will give only temporary respite.
Speaking about this, one of the officials of the organisations that conducted the survey said, The State government must make a detailed enumeration of the losses and provide compensation to the households and help them rebuild lives. Many residents said the government did not take any preparatory measures to deal with the flood. Nearly 95 per cent of the people surveyed said they did not receive any warning at all... There are many who are still unable to get back to work as they have lost most of their tools used by them in their trades. The State government provide them due compensation.
A prominent social activist said, Migrant workers were among the worst affected as they could not access government shelters and did not got compensation earmarked for flood affected people as they do not have ration cards... Poor families find it difficult to open bank accounts to receive the compensation. The government must instead use old age pension accounts to reach out to senior citizens.
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