Our Correspondent
Mirpur
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has approved a Special Compensation Package for the Mirpur quake affectees increasing the compensatory relief from three to five times.
The approval was given at a high-level meeting presided over by Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan at Mangla Rest House here on Wednesday.
Under this special package, the government has announced to pay Rs. 10,00,000 per deceased, 800,000 for permanent disability, 100,000 for severe injury, 20,000 for minor injuries, Rs. 500,000 for complete house damaged, 200,000 for partial house damage, 50,000 for protection wall, 200,000 for commercial dairy farm, 100,000 for the loss of cattle heads, 75,000 for small vehicle and 30,000 for motorcycle.
It is for the first time that government is compensating the losses of dairy farms, poultry farms, protection walls, cattle heads, sheds and other properties in addition to the compensation of damaged houses and casualties.
The Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan has directed the concerned institutions to immediately compensate the affectees through one-time payment process and start providing the design for the new construction from village level. “Not more than three days to be taken for the approval of design for the construction” the premier further directed.
Mirpur Development Authority (MDA), Buildings Department, Mirpur Development and Housing Authority (MDHA) and district administration would immediately start work on it.
