Centre Releases Rs 944 Crore To Tamil Nadu For Cyclone Fengal Aid Work
MK Stalin mentioned Cyclone Fengal prompted “unprecedented” devastation within the state.
New Delhi:
The Central authorities has authorized the discharge of Rs 944.8 crore to the Tamil Nadu authorities as two installments of central share from the State Catastrophe Response Fund (SDRF) to assist it present aid to folks affected by cyclone Fengal, the Dwelling Ministry mentioned in an official assertion.
Below the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the steering of Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah, the federal government stands shoulder to shoulder with the states affected by pure calamities in mitigating the hardship confronted by folks, the assertion mentioned.
The Ministry of Dwelling Affairs (MHA) has authorized the discharge of Rs 944.8 crore to the Tamil Nadu authorities as each the installments of central share from the SDRF to assist the state in offering aid help to folks affected by cyclone Fengal on November 30, it mentioned.
An Inter-Ministerial Central Workforce (IMCT) has been despatched to Fengal-affected Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for an on-the-spot evaluation of the injury prompted.
After the evaluation stories of IMCTs are obtained, further monetary help from NDRF will probably be authorized for the disaster-affected states as per the established process, the discharge mentioned.
Greater than Rs 21,718.716 crore has already been launched by the central authorities to twenty-eight states throughout this 12 months.
This consists of Rs 14,878.40 crore from SDRF to 26 states, Rs 4,808.32 crore from NDRF to 18 states, Rs 1,385.45 crore from the State Catastrophe Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to 11 states, and Rs 646.546 crore from the Nationwide Catastrophe Mitigation Fund (NDMF) to seven states.
Along with monetary help, the central authorities has additionally offered all logistic help, together with deployment of requisite NDRF groups, Military groups, and Air Power help to all of the flood and cyclone-affected states.
In a letter to the Centre on Monday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin mentioned Cyclone Fengal prompted “unprecedented” devastation within the state and urged PM Modi to launch Rs 2,000 crore interim aid from the NDRF as a single disbursal.
Stalin mentioned that greater than 69 lakh households and 1.5 crore people had been severely affected by the calamity in northern Tamil Nadu districts like Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, and Kallakurichi.
The state authorities’s preliminary evaluation revealed that an estimated Rs 2,475 crore was required for short-term restoration efforts.
“Regardless of our greatest efforts, the dimensions of this catastrophe has overwhelmed the state’s assets, and the state wants pressing monetary help to handle the fallout of this pure catastrophe,” Stalin mentioned within the letter.
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