Name ‘heatwave calamity’ as disaster: PIL
29 Jun 2014 5:06 AM GMT (Update:2019-03-31 16:53:00)
Petitioner want heatwave calamity under Disaster Management Act, 2005
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Hyderabad: J.K. Raju, an advocate from the city, has moved the Hyderabad High Court seeking a direction to the AP government to consider the ‘heatwave calamity’ as a disaster and as an eligible calamity for extending financial assistance to the victims’ families, with retrospective effect and retroactive operation under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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