RDD MINISTER OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT CREATED SPECIAL PROVISION OF THE RURAL REPAIRS UNDER MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT , UP TO THE LIMIT OF RUPEES ONE LAKH , FOR INDIVIDUAL WORK.

The Himachal Pradesh Rural development Department Minister stated that the rains in several parts of the state caused considerable damages to the public and the private property, especially the rural areas infrastructures .As a result of which the state government has decided that the repairs, refurbishment, maintenance and renovation of public and the private properties in rural areas could be taken up immediately under the programme of Mahatma Gandhi National rural employment guarantee scheme (MGNREGA) without prior approval from the Gram Sabha, panchayat Samiti and the Zila parishad .The Minister further stated that the shelf of the such works will be approved by the Deputy Commissioners concerned and the ex post facto approval could be obtained from the Gram Sabha, panchayat Samiti and the Zila parishad. It is further mentioned in the statement issued by the RDD Minister that any loss to the private infrastructure will be covered under the new guidelines,even if the infrastructure has not been created under the Mahatma Gandhi National rural employment guarantee Act . Individual work up to the limit of Rupees one lakh will be covered to repairs so caused because of the heavy rains .