New Delhi, Sep 30 (UNI) The Central Government on Monday approved the release of Rs 675 crore to flood-affected states of Gujarat, Manipur, and Tripura as a central share from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and an advance from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).
The government has approved Rs 600 crore to Gujarat, Rs 50 crore to Manipur, and Rs 25 crore to Tripura, as these states have been affected due to extremely heavy rainfall, floods, and landslides during the south-west monsoon this year, a Home Ministry statement said.
This year, Assam, Mizoram, Kerala, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Manipur were affected due to extremely heavy rainfall, floods, and landslides.
Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) have been deputed in all these affected states to make an on-the-spot assessment of the damages. The additional financial assistance to remaining states will be decided after the receipt of IMCT reports.
Recently, Bihar and West Bengal have also been affected by floods, and IMCTs will be sent shortly to these states for making an on-the-spot assessment of damage.
During this year, the Central Government has released an amount of Rs 9044.80 crore from SDRF to 21 states, Rs 4528.66 crore from NDRF to 15 states, and Rs 1385.45 crore from State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to 11 states.
In addition to financial assistance, the central government has provided all logistical assistance, including the deployment of requisite NDRF teams, Army teams, and Air Force support to all the flood-affected states.
