New Delhi, Nov 26 (Reporter) A high-level committee, under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has approved Rs 1115.67 crore for disaster mitigation and capacity building projects for various states. According to a Home Ministry statement, the committee, comprising the Finance Minister, Agriculture Minister and Vice Chairman NITI Aayog as members, considered the proposal to mitigate landslide risk in 15 states for funding from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) and another proposal for training and capacity building of civil defence volunteers in all states and UT’s under preparedness and capacity building from the funding window of the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). The committee has approved the National Landslide Risk Mitigation project in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu at a total cost of Rs 1000 crore. The committee approved Rs 139 crore for Uttarakhand, Rs 139 crore for Himachal Pradesh, Rs 378 crore for eight North East States, Rs 100 crore for Maharashtra, Rs 72 crore for Karnataka, Rs 72 crore for Kerala, Rs 50 crore for Tamil Nadu, and Rs 50 crore for West Bengal. The panel has also approved another project for training and capacity building of civil defence in all states and UT’s at a total outlay of Rs 115.67 crore. Earlier, the committee had approved Urban Flood Risk Mitigation Projects in seven cities at a total outlay of Rs 3075.65 crore and GLOF Risk Management in four states at a total outlay of Rs 150 crores from NDMF. The government has taken several initiatives to ensure effective management of disasters in the country. Several steps have been taken to prevent any extensive loss of life and property during disasters by strengthening the disaster risk reduction system in India. More than Rs 21,476 crore has already been released to the states during this year. This includes Rs 14,878.40 crore from SDRF to 26 states, Rs 4,637.66 crore from NDRF to 15 states, Rs 1,385.45 crore from SDMF to 11 states, and Rs 574.93 crore from NDMF to six states...////...