Maharashtra govt. to seek ₹3,000-crore flood package
Flood-hit State will submit memorandum to Centre
13/08/2019, SHARAD VYAS,MUMBAI
Flood-hit State will submit memorandum to Centre
13/08/2019, SHARAD VYAS,MUMBAI
Bidding adieu: A woman in Sangli tying a ‘rakhi’ to a soldier at an event to thank them for their relief work.Emmanual YoginiEmmanual Yogini
Following Karnataka’s request for interim flood relief from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Maharashtra government will also submit a memorandum seeking a ₹3,000-crore package this week.
At a meeting on Monday, Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta spoke to senior Relief and Rehabilitation, and Revenue department officials to asses the losses in the flood-ravaged western Maharashtra in which over 150 people have died.
Sources said the Cabinet would review the State’s proposal on Tuesday. Senior officials said the destruction to human life and property was massive and might need Central assistance at the earliest.
Monetary assistance
Karnataka, meanwhile, has sought ₹3,000 crore as monetary assistance from the Centre before the final review of the inter-ministerial committee on disaster management on assessment and quantification of the damage. “We have finalised our assessment of damages and will submit a memorandum to the Centre soon,” said a senior official.
While Karnataka’s assessment of damages is based on losses in 2,694 villages in 86 talukas of 17 districts, Maharashtra’s damages have been reported from 70 talukas of Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Thane, Nasik, Palghar, Ratnagiri, Raigad and Sindhudurg districts. The floods left 761 villages marooned, officials said.
The crop destruction alone could be more than ₹125 crore, according to a preliminary assessment.
While the exact worth of damage would be known once the flood waters have fully receded, senior officials said that around 27,468 hectares of agriculture land had been completely destroyed while the numbers could eventually touch one lakh hectares when the panchnama was complete.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had said the total length of roads damaged was 484 km, while 2,615 transformers were damaged partially or fully.
Following Karnataka’s request for interim flood relief from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Maharashtra government will also submit a memorandum seeking a ₹3,000-crore package this week.
At a meeting on Monday, Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta spoke to senior Relief and Rehabilitation, and Revenue department officials to asses the losses in the flood-ravaged western Maharashtra in which over 150 people have died.
Sources said the Cabinet would review the State’s proposal on Tuesday. Senior officials said the destruction to human life and property was massive and might need Central assistance at the earliest.
Monetary assistance
Karnataka, meanwhile, has sought ₹3,000 crore as monetary assistance from the Centre before the final review of the inter-ministerial committee on disaster management on assessment and quantification of the damage. “We have finalised our assessment of damages and will submit a memorandum to the Centre soon,” said a senior official.
While Karnataka’s assessment of damages is based on losses in 2,694 villages in 86 talukas of 17 districts, Maharashtra’s damages have been reported from 70 talukas of Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Thane, Nasik, Palghar, Ratnagiri, Raigad and Sindhudurg districts. The floods left 761 villages marooned, officials said.
The crop destruction alone could be more than ₹125 crore, according to a preliminary assessment.
While the exact worth of damage would be known once the flood waters have fully receded, senior officials said that around 27,468 hectares of agriculture land had been completely destroyed while the numbers could eventually touch one lakh hectares when the panchnama was complete.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had said the total length of roads damaged was 484 km, while 2,615 transformers were damaged partially or fully.
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