Kolkata:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday stated folks in “99 per cent” cyclone Amphan-affected areas have been supplied with the compensation introduced by her authorities, and only some of the “deprived” are but to get it.
Her remarks got here amid continued protests over alleged lapses within the distribution of financial compensation to these whose homes have been broken within the cyclone that ravaged the state in mid-May.
A bit of the victims and opposition events have been alleging that many TMC leaders and their kin obtained compensation although their homes weren’t broken within the cyclone.
Some “small mistakes” might need occurred at a couple of locations through the administration”s effort to fast-track the compensation cost course of, Ms Banerjee stated, including that she has directed officers to get well the cash that went to the mistaken folks and redirect it to real claimants.
“Please provide the compensation money to those who have been deprived. There are not much but only a few left. Please provide them with what they should have received. People at 99 per cent places have already got the compensation,” the chief minister stated after a Cabinet assembly.
“Because we tried to hurry it up, some small mistakes have occurred at a few places because of some people. There will be no compromise. Nobody has the authority to deprive the victims of what they should be getting,” Ms Banerjee, who can be the Trinamool Congress supremo, stated.
Just a few political events are indulged in an excessive amount of of politics over the matter, she stated.
The state authorities had launched a complete of Rs 6,800 crore as compensation for these whose homes have been broken by Cyclone Amphan.
More than 10 lakh folks have obtained Rs 20,000 every as support to restore their homes. The authorities has obtained round 40,000 complaints alleging irregularities within the distribution of this monetary reduction and located that just about 34,000 of them are real, in keeping with an official.
Such complaints have been obtained from Purba Medinipur, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Nadia and Howrah districts.
The state authorities has frozen financial institution accounts of a number of individuals who have obtained the compensation cash although their homes weren’t broken by the cyclone.
Around 5 Block Development Officers have been show-caused by the state authorities whereas a number of Trinamool Congress leaders in these districts have been suspended for his or her alleged involvement in these irregularities.