State receives Rs.150 crore under NDRF for disbursing among state departments

GANGTOK, 15 Feb: The state government has finally received funds for reconstruction and rehabilitation from the central government. While the Land Revenue department has not been divulging much in terms of the funds released from the centre or disbursed to the departments it has been informed that the state has received Rs.150.38 crore from the central government. This was received under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for allocation and release among the various state departments. In fact the state cabinet has approved and sanctioned the amount for allocation and release to the departments. Furthermore,iIt is informed that the central government has also agreed to the sanctioning of Rs. 200 crore for the rebuilding of the Tashiling Secretariat. The central government had earlier assured the state government that it would undertake the reconstruction of the damaged Tashiling Secretariat.
Furthermore the state cabinet during its meeting on 9 February approved the demolition of damaged buildings by the earthquake within the Tashiling Complex. These damages had been indicated in the technical report submitted to the government. The state cabinet also approved to provide quotation or to float NIT for award of work as the case may be through wide publication from firms and outside, dealing with such works.

NDRF details its role and delivery in affected areas

GANGTOK, 28 Sept: A total of 400 personnel of the Natural Disaster Response Force [NDRF] were airlifted from Greater Noida and Kolkata and had reached Bagdogra by early morning of 19 Sept, informs a press release.
Five teams of NDRF reached Gangtok by the same evening and were further deployed in North Sikkim i.e. Mangan on 20 and 21 Sept.  Two teams of NDRF were also deployed in Chungthang and Lachung area while one team is at Gangtok to carry out any rescue operation in the city area. One team is kept at Siliguri as reserve.

NDRF teams reach Lachung and Chungthang

GANGTOK, 23 Sept: Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force, one each for Chungthang and Lachung, landed at the two North district towns on Thursday.
The team at Lachung, under the command of Deputy Commandant RC Sharma and comprising 45 Indo Tibetan Border Police personnel, landed there this morning in the wake of the flash flood that occurred the night before. The team also has sniffer dogs with it, informed the Deputy Commandant, KR Meena.
The NDRF team was airdropped at Lachung and are equipped with cutting-tools and materials to cut through stones and concrete to rescue if victims are still trapped. It is informed that part of their operation is to recover 4 bodies believed to buried under the debris of a building there. Besides this, the NDRF team there has also taken up relief materials for distribution among those who are still in Lachung. These materials have been handed over to the district officials.
Another team of NDRF landed at Chungthang this morning under the command of Assistant Commandant Gopi Chand. Their task is to assist in the relief operations underway at the Moonlight Public School at Chungthang, informed ITBP officials.