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7.62 The State Government also ensured the
supply of construction materials i.e. cement, CGI
sheets, wood and iron bars in sufficient quantities to
the affected families at concessional rates. Trained
engineers and masons havebeen positioned to guide
and assist the affected families in the construction of
their houses.
Construction of Intermediate Shelters
7.63 The State Government also decided to
construct 22,000 intermediate shelters (i.e.15,000
in Uri and 7,000 in Tangdhar). Some of these shelters
have been constructed by the State Government and
Government of India agencies, while the remaining
intermediate shelters have been constructed by
the affected families themselves for which the State
Government provided assistance of
Rs. 30,000/- to each such family. The State
Government also announced an incentive of
Rs. 5,000/- to those families who were able to
construct these shelters by December 10, 2005. In
the construction of these intermediate shelters, the
material used was CGI sheets with timber and brick
walls and cement for its flooring. The Ministry of
Home Affairs procured 8,000 MT of CGI sheets from
Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and made them
available to the State Government.
Construction of Community Centres
7.64 Astheconstructionofpermanenthousing
was likely to take sometime, the Government initiated
steps to construct community halls for the affected
people. The Ministry of Urban Development was
tasked to construct 130 community halls at 130
locations(66inUri,38inTangdharand26inPoonch).
Eachcommunityhallwhichhasakitchenandcommon
toilets, has the capacity to accommodate 100-150
persons. These community halls would be utilised for
providing shelter to the indigent, sick, infirm and to
other needy segments of the society, who are unable
to reconstruct their own shelters. After this immediate
requirement of shelter is over, these halls would be
utilised for other public uses like, schools, primary
health centers, baraat ghars etc. depending on the
requirementofthecommunity.AsonJanuary18,2006,
114 community halls were constructed and 16 were
under construction.
NGOs’ effort in providing Shelters
7.65 The Bhartiya Jain Sangathan (BJS), a
Pune based NGO, donated 870 pre-fabricated
structureswhicharebeingerectedintheworstaffected
areas of Uri and Tangdhar. The Radha Swamy
Satsang, Beas has constructed 11 community halls in
Uri with each hall having a capacity to accommodate
200persons.SustainableEnvironmentAndEcological
DevelopmentSociety(SEEDS),aShimlabasedNGO
has constructed 400 temporary shelters in Poonch and
twootherNGOsnamely‘Jamiat-Ul-Ulma-e-Hind’and
‘KalgidharSociety’havealsoconstructed100shelters
each in Uri.
Adoption of Villages
7.66 With a view to accelerate the tempo for
providing shelters to the affected persons, various
agencies of Government of India have adopted 23
villages for relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction
activity.Withinthisframework,theArmyhasadopted
three, Air Force four, BSF four, CRPF two, ITBP one,
NHPCsixandPowerGridofIndiathreevillages.Inall
these adopted villages, appropriate action has been
initiated by various agencies to construct shelters and
provide other amenities for the affected persons.