The criticism levelled against the Local Municipalities by the FBDM is that no budget is allocated for disaster management events or incidents. This implies that there are no or there is lack of thorough disaster risk assessments to use as the basis for budget planning. This also means no contingency plans were conducted and implemented, as prescribed in the Act, to prevent damages to property, infrastructure and loss of life. Interventions such as relocation of families as well as provision of temporary shelters were provided to the victims of the disastrous floods. The Sol Plaatjie Local Municipality indicated that there had been no support from the Provincial government despite the declaration as a disaster area. The municipality had to rely on its internal resources to deal with the effects of the disaster. The same was reported in Dikgatlong Local Municipality where Blikkiesdorp was most affected. In this area people had to be resettled after their original area was flooded but the resettlement had to within the same ward in order for them to benefit from the housing development project.