Keeping in view the urgency of restoring numerous infrastructure facilities and services to the flood affected people and to support the State which was taking up massive scale relief operations, Ms. Jayalalithaa asked the Prime Minister to depute a Central team immediately to make its on-the-spot assessment of damages and to release central financial assistance without any delay.
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Tamil Nadu government pegged losses in the north-east monsoon rains at Rs 8,481 crore as Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa urged Modi to immediately release Rs 2,000 crore to sustain relief work. “The Modi government should immediately offer funds sought by the state government”, Raja said, adding that during Parliament session, the issue will be raised and taken up with the Prime Minister. But the Centre has allocated Rs 940 crore as of now for relief work. With 37 lawmakers in the Lok Sabha, the AIADMK is the third largest party after the BJP and the Congress. PM Modi also agreed to the Tamil Nadu chief minister’s demand for a central team to be dispatched to the state to assess the damage and release funds for relief.
The heavy spell of rain last week wreaked havoc in Chennai, Cuddalore, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts. There was widespread damage to property including dwelling units and crops.
The Cm sought the assistance from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and other central funds. The state government has already sanctioned an immediate relief of Rs 500 crore towards this.
” moreover, the solutions of the Coast Guard, Military, Air Force as well as the National Disaster Response Power were requisitioned the necessity was believed”. Similarly, Chennai has received the second heaviest monthly rainfall recorded in the past more than 100 years in just the first 20 days of November.
Infrastructure, including paths and links, stormwater discharge techniques, water supply and sewerage systems and electricity supply systems have been “battered” in many regions, Jayalalithaa said, introducing more than four lakh folks have been shifted to aid camps at the same time as aid work had been performed on a war footing. “The extent of damage is still unfolding”, she said.
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” reduction operations performed against major odds and The determined instant relief were broadly liked”, she said.
