Bhopal, March 9: In many parts of Madhya Pradesh, wildanimals has impacted residential areas even to the extent of damaging thehouses of people residing there. Now the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led stategovernment has decided that houses damaged by wild animals would be classifiedas a natural calamity and the people would be given financial assistance.
According to official information, the present set criteriafor destruction from natural disasters has been revised. Now onwards due to anykind of natural disasters or fire or if a house is completely or partiallydamaged by wild animals, people would be given financial help.
For loss of clothes, foodgrains and utensils of theaggrieved family suffering due to onslaught of wild animals along with naturaldisasters or fire accidents, an immediate financial grant of Rs 5,000 would begiven to each family along with 50 kg of foodgrains (wheat or rice) and fivelitres of kerosene.
In cases of unforeseen natural calamities, certain itemseligible for relief amount from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF ) havealso been included for which there were no clear provisions earlier.