Guwahati: The Centre on Thursday approved the release of Rs 1,066.80 crore to the states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Kerala, and Uttarakhand, which were affected by floods and landslides.
Among the six flood affected states, Assam received Rs 375.60 crore, Manipur Rs 29.20 crore, Meghalaya Rs 30.40 crore, Mizoram Rs 22.80 crore, Kerala Rs 153.20 crore, and Uttarakhand Rs 455.60 crore, as Central share from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), mentions a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) data.
These states have been affected due to extremely heavy rainfall, floods and landslides during the southwest monsoon this year.
Home Minister Amit Shah also said that the Narendra Modi government stands resolutely beside the states in all situations like flood, landslide and cloudburst.
“Today the central government has approved Rs 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’.
More than Rs 8,000 crore from SDRF/NDRF funds has been provided to 19 states this year, he added.
“Apart from financial aid, providing all logistic assistance, including deployment of requisite NDRF, Army, and Air Force, has been our priority,” the Home Minister said.
This year, according to the MHA data, the Centre has already released Rs 6,166.00 crore from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to 14 states and Rs 1,988.91 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to 12 states.
In addition, Rs 726.20 crore has been released from the State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to five states and Rs 17.55 crore from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) has also been released to two states.
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During the ongoing monsoon, 104 teams of the NDRF were deployed in 21 states/UTs for rescue and relief operations.
