PM pronounces Rs 1,600 cr for Punjab, Rs 1,500 cr for HP

PM pronounces Rs 1,600 cr for Punjab, Rs 1,500 cr for HP


New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited the flood-hit and cloudburst-affected areas of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to see the harm attributable to heavy rain and landslides within the two states.

Modi additionally introduced particular monetary help to the 2 states. The Centre will present ₹1,500 crore to Himachal Pradesh and ₹1,600 crore to Punjab as flood-relief.

Modi additionally introduced advance launch of the second instalment of State Catastrophe Reduction Fund (SDRF) and PM Kisan Samman Nidhi in each the states. He additionally introduced an ex-gratia cost of ₹2 lakh to the households of these killed and ₹50,000 to these severely injured within the floods and pure calamity in each the states.

The federal government has additionally chalked out an in depth plan to assist those that have misplaced their homes, for farmers and different working individuals in each rural and concrete setups via the present central authorities schemes. The broken homes might be geotagged to obviously estimate the extent of injury and assist might be supplied from the PM Awas scheme.

The federal government has additionally despatched an inter-ministerial central workforce to Himachal Pradesh. Primarily based on its report, the Centre will present additional help. An analogous workforce will go to the affected areas in Punjab to entry the harm.


On Tuesday, Modi first carried out an aerial survey of flood affected areas of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, and held an official conferences to assessment the reduction and rehabilitation measures undertaken by state governments. Modi additionally met households who had been affected by the calamity.

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