Rs. 5,848 Crores released by Center for 14 Flood affected Areas in India
Reportedly the Union home Ministry has released Rs 5,858.60 crore to 14 flood-affected states as a central share from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and an advance from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), officials here said. Perhaps this include Rs 1,492 crore to Maharashtra, Rs 1,036 crore to Andhra Pradesh, Rs 716 crore to Assam, Rs 655.60 crore to bihar and Rs 600 crore to Gujarat, Rs 468 crore to West bengal and Rs 416.80 crore to Telangana.Moreover as much as Rs 189.20 crore has been given to Himachal Pradesh, Rs 145.60 crore to Kerala, Rs 50 crore to Manipur, Rs 25 crore to Tripura, Rs 23.60 crore to Sikkim, Rs 21.60 crore to Mizoram and Rs 19.20 crore to Nagaland. Hence these states have been affected by the extremely heavy rainfall, floods and landslides during the south-west monsoon. Furthermore under the leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi and the guidance of Union home minister amit shah, the Modi government stands shoulder to shoulder with the states affected by natural calamities in mitigating the hardship data-faced by the people,Furthermore more than Rs 14,958 crore has already been released to 21 states during this year. This includes Rs 9,044.80 crore from the SDRF to 21 states, Rs 4,528.66 crore from the NDRF to 15 states and Rs 1,385.45 crore from the State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to 11 states. In addition to financial assistance, the central government has also provided all logistic assistance, including deployment of requisite teams of the NDRF, army and air Force to support all flood affected states.