The Andhra Pradesh government has deposited a sum of Rs 602 crore in the bank accounts of about four lakh people affected by the recent deluge in the state, a government statement said on Wednesday, September 25.
After the floods, around 1,600 teams were deployed by the state government for the enumeration of losses caused by devastating floods in the state. The teams completed their assignment in three days, allowing compensation to be paid to the affected people.
A tech-based solution was designed with a front-end app and a back-end database operating on a hand-held device that could manage the enumeration process, a government statement said.
As part of the enumeration, no bank account data was collected. Instead, Aadhaar data was collected, and this was used to arrive at the validated bank account details of each of the beneficiaries, it added.
The bank account data of four lakh households was also integrated through the UPI portal so that the payments could be made instantly, the statement said.
Speaking about the government’s swift disposal of the relief amount, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said, “Rs 602 crore has been deposited directly into the accounts as flood relief for up to four lakh people. Total damage has been pegged at Rs 7,600 crore, which included public and private assets,” said Naidu, addressing a press conference at NTR district collectorate.
Naidu further informed that the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund has received contributions to the tune of Rs 400 crore.
Naidu also added that donors responded enthusiastically to the relief efforts of the government machinery.
“… people have responded enthusiastically. Rs 400 crore came as donations to the Chief Minister Relief Fund, any other state wouldn’t have got this much. This is the highest,” claimed Naidu, addressing officials earlier.
