Reducing disaster risks and preparing for and responding to disasters and threats of disasters in order to save lives and property, avoid disruption of economic activity and damage to environment and to ensure the continuity and sustainability of development.
A financial assistance of one-time exgratia payment of Rs. 1,000/- will be provided under the scheme to such worker who is residents of West Bengal and who is stranded in other parts of the country due to lockdown because of Corona Virus (COVID-19).
People lost at sea or river who have to be presumed dead due to sinking/capsize of boats/other vessels, where the bodies have not been recovered and chances of recovery of body within the State are remote due to accident in high seas or in inter-state/ international rivers.
District Disaster Management Plan. North-24-Parganas, Dakshin-Dinajpur, Uttar-Dinajpur, Kolkata, Paschim-Bardhaman, Jhargram, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Bankura, Purba-Bardhaman, Birbhum, Darjeeling, Howrah, Hooghly, Coochbehar, Malda, Paschim-Midnapore, Purba-Midnapore, Murshidabad, Nadia, South-24-Parganas, Purulia