For Cyclone “Nisarga”, Rs 268.59 crore has been approved for Maharashtra.
New Delhi:
A high-level committee of the Union’s Home Office on Friday approved Rs.4,381.88 crore for relief and assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) in six states after recent natural calamities wreaked widespread havoc.
According to a statement, Rs 2,707.77 crore has been approved for West Bengal and Rs 128.23 crore has been approved for Odisha for the devastation caused by Cyclone “Amphan”.
For Cyclone “Nisarga”, Rs 268.59 crore has been approved for Maharashtra.
For floods and landslides during the southwest monsoon, Rs 577.84 crore has been approved for Karnataka, Rs 611.61 crore for Madhya Pradesh and Rs 87.84 crore for Sikkim.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited West Bengal and Odisha in May after the passage of cyclone “Amphan” and had sanctioned financial aid of Rs 1,000 crores and Rs 500 crores for immediate aid to the respective states.
According to the statement, central inter-ministerial teams were dispatched to the six states immediately after the calamities.
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