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ABSTRACT Tsunami 2004 - Construction of houses to families living in thatched houses, poorly constructed houses and non-engineered structures in coastal districts of Tamil Nadu - Formation of survey teams and sanction of funds - Orders - Issued. Revenue (NC-IV) Department G.O.Ms.No.708 Read: 1. G.O.Ms.No.25, Revenue (NC-III) Dated 13.1.2005. 2. G.O.Ms.No.172, Revenue (NC-III) Dated 30.3.2005. 3. Minutes of the meeting held on 17.8.2006 under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration. 4. Minutes of the meeting State Level Steering Committee held on 30.8.06 under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Minister for Finance. 5. From the Principal Commissioner and Commissioner of Revenue Administration Lr.No.TRR-2/45061/06 dated 11.9.06 and 15.9.06. ***** ORDER: In the G.O. first read above, orders were issued setting out the policy on the construction of new houses by the voluntary agencies and Non-Government Organisations for the people directly by the Tsunami. 2) In this regard, detailed guidelines of the programme and instructions were issued in the G.O. second read above. 3) The Hon'ble Chief Minister reviewed the Tsunami relief works with the District Collectors at the meeting held on 24.6.2006. It was decided in the meeting that disaster resistant houses would have to be constructed for those living in thatched houses, poorly constructed houses and dilapidated houses in vulnerable areas of the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu. Based on the assessment of approximate number of houses required to be constructed, a D.O.letter was sent by the Hon'ble Chief Minister to the Deputy Chairman of Union Planning Commission and a similar communication by the Chief Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu to Acting Country Director, India of World Bank for getting in Principle approval for the proposal. In response to this initial approval has been received from both the Planning Commission and the World Bank. 4) The said issue of reconstrunction of houses to those living in vulnerable areas of twelve coastal districts was also discussed at the meeting held on 17.08.2006 under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration and at the first meeting of the State Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project and Asian Development Bank assisted Tsunami Emergency Assistance Project held on 30.08.2006 under the chairmanship of Hon'ble Minister for Finance. Based on the decisions taken during those meetings, the Principal Commissioner and Commissioner of Revenue Administration sent proposals to the Government. The issues have been further discussed at the meeting held in the chambers of the Secretary to Government, Finance on 13.09.2006 and 14.09.2006 in which Principal Commissioner and Commissioner of Revenue Administration and all concerned participated. 5) The Government have carefully examined the proposal of the Principal Commissioner and Commissioner of RevenueAdministration and the decisions taken at the meeting referred to above and issue the following orders: i) The scheme of construction of new houses in lieu of "Vulnerable houses" shall be implemented in the twelve coastal districts viz/ Cuddalore, Kanchipuram, Kanniyakumari, Tiruvallur, Tirunelveli, Villupuram, Pudukkottai and Tiruvarur. ii) For the purpose of the scheme, houses categorizable under thatched houses, houses with tiled roof but with mud walls are dried bricks and non-engineered poorly constructed houses which easily get damaged in case of natural calamities shall come under the definition of "vulnerable houses". iii) The Collectors of the twelve coastal districts referred to above are permitted to form Survey Teams consisting of One Deputy Collector; Two Tahsildars; Four Revenue Inspectors; One Head Surveyor and Four Surveyors for each team to enumerate 5000 houses. The services of existing Deputy Collectors available in the district shall be utilized by diversion. Where it is not possible, the services of retired Deputy Collectors shall be utilized by paying Rs.10000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) per month as renovation for a period of two months. Other staff should be employed by diversion exclusively for the purpose. iv) A sum of Rs.12,00,000/- (Rupees Twelve Lakhs Only) is sanctioned to the twelve coastal districts referred to above at Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Only) per district or with reference to the actual requirement to be decided by the Principal Commissioner and Commissioner of Revenue Administration for hiring vehicles at the rate of Rs.1000/- per day per team for the use of Survey Teams and other contingencies. v) Each house shall be built on an extent not exceeding three cents of land which will include half cent for basic amenities; In case of Kanniyakumari District, this shall be 1 1/2 cents only.d vi) A sum of Rs.30 Crores (Rupees Thirty Crores Only) is sanctioned initially to enable the Collectors to implement the scheme without any delay for acquiring the land based on the survey assessment. vii) The Project Management Unit is permitted to engage Procurement Consultants for the preparation of procurement plans. viii) The Collectors concerned are permitted to acquire the lands for the purpose of the scheme through negolation by the District Level Negotiation Committee as per G.O. (Ms.) No.75 Revenue dated 10.02.2005. ix) The Collectors concerned are exempted from getting the permission of the Government for acquiring wet lands for the purpose of the scheme as per the guide lines given in g.O. (Ms.) No.326 Revenue dated 26.05.2005. 6) The expenditure of Rs.30.12 crores sanctioned in paragraph 5 (iv) and (vi) above shall be debited to the following Head of Account. 2216 Housing - 80 General - 800 other expenditure - Schemes in the 10th Five Year Plan II State Plan JN Tsunami Rehabilitation works 09 Grants in aid 03 Grants for Specific Schemes (DPC 2216 80 800 JN 09 38) Rs.300000 thousands (DPC 2216 80 800 JN 0527) Rs.1200 thousands. Necessary additional funds of Rs.12.00 lakhs shall be rovided in RE/FMA 2006-2007 by reappropriating from 2216 80 800 JN 0903. 7) The Collectors of the twelve coastal districts referred to above are permitted to draw the amount allocated to them from the above head of account as per sub allocations to be made by the principal commissioner and Commissioner of Revenue Administration and incur the expenditure. They are instructed to send the utilization certificates to the Project Management Unit, Government and the Accountant General. 8) This order issues with the concurrence of the Finance Department vide its U.O.No.67981/Finance (Revenue) dated 28.10.2006 and ASL No.829. (BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR) S. AUDISESHIAH To The Principal Commissioner and Commissioner of Revenue Administration, Revenue Administration, Disaster Management and Disaster Mitigation Department, Chennai-5. Officer on Special Duty (R&R) Revenue Administration, Disaster Management and Disaster Mitigation Department, Chennai-5. The Secretary to Govt. R.D. & P.R. Dept. / M.A. & W.S. Dept./ Hg. & U.Dept./P&D&S.I. Dept. Collectors of Cuddalore, Kanchipuram, Kanniyakumari, Nagapattinam, Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tiruvallur, Tirunelveli, Villupuram, Pudukkottai and Tiruvarur. P&AO (East), Chennai-5. The A.G., Chennai-18. Finance (Revenue) Department, Chennai-9. Finance (BG II) Department, Chennai-9. /Forwarded by Order/ Section Officer.
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