Gujarat govt announces financial relief package for fishermen hit by Cyclone Tauktae
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Gandhinagar, June 02: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani led Gujarat government has announced a relief package of Rs 105 crore for the fisherman whose lives were affected by the cyclone Tauktae. CM Rupani decided on the relief package after reviewing the situation during a meeting on Tuesday evening, an official release said.
Last month, Cyclone Tauktae hit the Gujarat coast and caused major damage to anchored boats, fishing nets, trawlers, and marine infrastructure at Jafrabad, Rajula, Saiyad Rajpara, Shiyal Bet, and Nava Bandar ports of the state.
As part of the package, the state government would pay a collective amount of Rs 25 crore to the affected fishermen to compensate for the damage caused to over 1,000 small and large-sized boats. Meanwhile, for a fully damaged small-sized boat, the government would pay 50 percent of the boat value or Rs 75,000, whichever is less, the release said.
In case of a partially damaged small-sized boat, the compensation would be 50 percent of the boat value or Rs 35,000, whichever is less, it said. For a fully damaged trawler, the compensation would be Rs 5 lakh or 50 percent of the trawler's value, it added.
The state government will give Rs 2,000 through direct benefit transfer to all those fishermen whose boats were fully or partially damaged in the cyclone. On a loan of Rs 10 lakh to repair a fully damaged boat, the state government would bear 10 percent of the interest for a period of two years, said the release.
Under the package, the state government has also planned to restore the marine infrastructure which was damaged in the cyclone.