This is 13 years after the Disaster Management Act came into force
After the High Court of Karnataka cautioned the Chief Secretary about passing a drastic order on the government’s failure, the State government has finally set up the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) 13 years after the Disaster Management Act, 2005, came into force.
In his affidavit filed before the court, Chief Secretary P. Ravi Kumar said that a new account, by the name of SDRF, has been created, and the funds available with the heads of the existing Management of Natural Disaster, Contingency Plans in disaster-prone areas would transferred to it.