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Package
No. 4 - B
EARTHQUAKE
–2001 Rehabilitation Package
No. 4-B For earthquake
affected.
Read with :
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Revenue
Department Resolution No. XLS-162001-207-(4)-s.3
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General
Administration Department Resolution No. EST - 102001 - 830-KH,
dtd.8-02-2001,
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Minutes of
Cabinet Meeting dated 13-02-2001.
Resolution :
On 26th January, the state of
Gujarat was hit by an earthquake of a magnitude of 6.9 on the Richter scale
according to IMD (US Geological Survey has put the magnitude at 7.7) causing
colossal damage to life and property.
The State Government has taken up the task of rehabilitation and
reconstruction to resettle and provide shelter to the severely affected
population. In order to enable those who were rendered homeless, the
Government intends to assist them to re-build their houses and provide other
infra-structural facilities in the affected areas, with the active support and
co-operation of Industrial Houses, Voluntary Organizations, Public Sector
Enterprises, other State Governments, National & International
Institutions.
The State Government had constituted a task force which formulated a package
for rehabilitation and re-construction. Government desires to alleviate the
hardship of the affected people, and enable them to reconstruct their houses,
through the following packages.
The rehabilitation programme is not by way of compensation for loss undergone,
but an earnest effort to provide succour and assistance. The rehabilitation
programme has been evolved, in the form of four different packages and has
finalized by the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority and submitted to
the State Cabinet for its approval. The Cabinet after full deliberation and
due consideration has approved the packages.
The package No.4-B declared by the State Govt. relates to the Load Bearing
Structure Buildings in Corporation areas, UDA areas(in Ahmedabad the Urban
Agglomeration area), cities & towns in the State (other than Bhuj, Bhachau,
Rapar and Anjar in the Kutch District), which is as under :
Package No. 4 - B
1. Financial
Assistance for collapsed/demolished buildings
The residents of
Load-Bearing structure buildings that are totally destroyed or have been pulled
down for safety reasons by the Municipal/Urban Development Authorities/ State
Government Authorities in the municipal corporation areas and in the Urban
Development Authorities Areas( in the case of Ahmedabad, the Urban Agglomeration
area defined in the 1991 Census), & in the Cities & Towns will be given
financial assistance for reconstruction/rehabilitation, as under, subject to the
following condition:
“Those who own any other house anywhere in their own name or in the name of
their dependents, and such house/or houses is/are not occupied by a member of
the Joint Family shall not be eligible for this assistance”
Scale of
Assistance for Individuals
Assistance at the
rate of Rs.2800/- per Sq.Mtr upto a maximum built-up area of 50 sq.mtrs.,
subject to a maximum of Rs.1.40 Lakhs. However, in the Restricted Category* as
defined hereinafter, the extent of individual assistance will be limited to 40
Sq.Mts only, at the rate of Rs.2800/- per Sq.Mt, subject to a maximum of
Rs.1,12,000. Provided further that the total assistance shall in no case exceed
60% of the damage caused to the property
*Restricted Category for the purposes of this clause means the residents of
those buildings that have been illegally constructed on either Government Land/
Municipal Land or Land declared surplus & whose possession has been taken
over by Government under the provisions of the Urban Land Ceiling Act.
The owner-occupants of such collapsed buildings will be eligible for loan as per
Reserve Bank guidelines for earthquake-affected people.
2. Assistance
to Demolished Huts
Completely
collapsed huts will be given financial assistance of upto a maximum of Rs.2000/-
3. Scale of
assistance for Repairs & Structural Strengthening of low rise, load bearing
residential buildings
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Sr.
No.
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Type
of Damage
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Extent
of Assistance
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1.
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more
than ½ inch width cracks
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Upto
Rs. 2,000/-
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2.
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10%
or more damage
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Upto
Rs. 5,000/-
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3.
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25%
or more damage.
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Upto
Rs. 10,000/-
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4.
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50%
or more damage
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Upto
Rs. 20,000/-
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Instructions for
survey, and Eligibility criteria for assistance.
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Survey teams
for the assessment of damage and categorization of damage shall be formed by
the District Collectors for the areas under their respective jurisdictions
comprising of a representative from NGO / Professional Body, an Engineer
from State Govt. and a representative from Revenue Department in all the
urban areas.
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Survey sheets
shall be developed for the proper assessment of damage caused to the
buildings and used by the Survey Teams for assessing the extent of damage
and its categorization.
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Survey sheets
shall be filled in presence of “panchas” and the signatures of
“panchas” will be taken by the team leader of the survey party in all
urban areas. The technical team may or may not agree to the amount of damage
shown in the panchnama. In case of disagreement about the extent of damage
to the building, the team leader shall record his technical observation
about the extent of damage.
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The
photographs of the damaged/collapsed house/building showing clearly the
damaged portions shall be taken at the time of survey and kept on record.
The signature of the affected beneficiary will be taken, if present at the
time of assessment of damage, with an undertaking that the amount of
assistance that will be given to him will be exclusively utilized for the
repairs / strengthening / reconstruction of the house / flat.
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If the
beneficiary desires to have loan, the amount of loan required should be
mentioned in the survey form.
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The survey
forms duly filled in and stating the opinion of the survey teams will be
deposited with the District Collector or a Revenue Officer authorized by him
in this behalf.
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Any person
who is a owner of a house or a flat as defined by Section 2(a) of the
Gujarat Ownership Flat Act,1971 or an apartment owner as defined by Section
2(f) of the said Act will be eligible for financial assistance for one
residential unit only, that was in his own occupancy at the time of the
Earthquake.
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No person
falling within the definition of “promoter” as defined in Sec.2( C ) of
Gujarat Ownership Flat Act,1971 shall be eligible for this assistance,
irrespective of his owning or occupying a flat/house in the
collapsed/demolished building.
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In cases
where the tenant was in occupation of the building damaged, the amount of
financial assistance for the repairs of the dwelling units shall be given to
the tenant for the dwelling units as defined under the Bombay Rents,etc.Act
– LVII of 1947.
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In cases
where the dwelling unit occupied by a tenant has collapsed or has been
pulled down by authorities, the landlord will be given the financial
assistance subject to the condition of putting back the tenant in possession
soon after reconstruction.
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In cases
where the residential unit was being utilized for any non-residential
purposes - such as dispensaries, offices, shops, tuition classes, computer
classes, nursing homes, etc. - no assistance shall be given to the
owner/occupier of such units.
Mode of
Payment
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All financial assistance for
reconstruction/repairs/strengthening will be disbursed in three
installments, as under:-
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First installment of 40% of the assistance will be
disbursed as mobilization money as soon as assistance is sanctioned;
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Second installment of 40% of assistance shall be
given on completion of 50% of the repairs/ reconstruction till lintel
level;
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Third installment of 20% shall be given on
completion of the repair/ reconstruction.
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The disbursement of assistance in the case of
multi-member residential building shall be given only to the office
bearers of the registered cooperative housing society / NTC / Association
duly authorized by a special resolution passed by general body meeting of
the Society / NTC / Association called for this purpose.
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All payments shall be disbursed by account payee cheque
by the concerned Collector / SDM / Mamlatdar as may be authorized by the
District Collector.
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While constructing a new house / flat / building, all
the building regulations, prevalent I.S. Codes for construction, and
by-laws shall have to be strictly followed.
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The interpretation of any of the provisions of this
Government Resolution shall lie with the State Government, and the
Government’s decision shall be considered as final.
All the expenditure will be booked under the major head :
2245 – Natural Calamities and Relief, Major Head : (2) Flood and Cyclone.
The above resolution is issued under the orders of the State Cabinet, and in
accordance with the approval of the Finance Department and the Hon’ble Chief
Minister.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Gujarat.
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