Kalimpong : Darjeeling MP Dawa Narbula today said the situation in the landslide-hit Kalimpong sub-division is alarming and stressed on the need for a permanent solution to what has now become a regular feature during the monsoon.
Narbula was here today on a short tour of some of the areas damaged by rains. After visiting landslides and cave-ins at Bhalukhop, Dungrabusty and 14th Mile, the Congress MP said the subdivision has been bearing the brunt of nature’s fury year after year.
“I will be writing to the chief minister (Buddhadeb Bhattacharya), the central government and the district magistrate providing details of the scale of disaster,” said Narbula, adding that instead of providing relief after every disaster, the government must come up with a permanent solution to the problem.
Narbula also criticized the state government for providing meager relief to the affected families. “For every house damaged fully, they give Rs 4,000 and Rs 2,000 for every house damaged partially. The families of the dead are only given Rs 40,000. That’s pittance,” he said.
The MP said when he had last approached the Union government regarding relief for calamity victims, he was told that it was primarily a state matter. However, he said, the Center does provide crores of rupees through the National Calamity Fund.
Source: The Telegraph
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