Centre approves ₹1,066-crore for 6 disaster-hit states: Amit Shah
Mr. Shah also said that the Narendra Modi government stands resolutely beside the states in all situations like floods, landslide and cloudburst.
'Today the central government has approved ₹1,066.80 crore for flood and landslide affected states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Kerala and Uttarakhand as part of the central share under SDRF,' he wrote on X.
The Home Minister said apart from the financial aid, providing all logistic assistance, including deployment of the requisite National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Army and Air Force, has been the priority of the government.
Among the six flood-affected states, Assam received ₹375.60 crore; ₹29.20 crore was given to Manipur, ₹30.40 crore to Meghalaya, ₹22.80 crore to Mizoram, ₹153.20 crore to Kerala and ₹455.60 crore to Uttarakhand as the central share from SDRF, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
These states have been affected due to extremely heavy rainfall, floods and landslides during the southwest monsoon this year.
The Modi government has provided more than ₹8,000 crore from the SDRF and NDRF to various states this year, the statement said.
It has already released ₹6,166.00 crore from the SDRF to 14 states and ₹1,988.91 crore from the NDRF to 12 states.
In addition, ₹726.20 crore was released from the State Disaster Mitigation Fund to five states and ₹17.55 crore from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund was also released to two states, the statement said.
During the ongoing monsoon, 104 teams of the NDRF were deployed in 21 states/UTs for rescue and relief operations.
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