Central govt releases Rs 1,066 cr for flood, landslides affected states

The Central Government on Thursday approved the release of Rs. 1,066.80 crore to flood, landslides, affected states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Kerala and Uttarakhand.

"Today the central government has approved Rs 1066.80 crore for flood- and landslide-affected states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Kerala, and Uttarakhand as part of the Central share under State Disaster Response Fund," Union Home Minister Amit Shah said.

Among the six affected states, Assam received Rs. 375.60 crore, Rs. 29.20 crore was given to Manipur, Rs. 30.40 crore to Meghalaya, Rs. 22.80 crore to Mizoram, Rs. 153.20 crore to Kerala, and Rs. 455.60 crore to Uttarakhand, as Central share from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).


These states have been severely affected due to extremely heavy rainfall, floods and landslides during the south-west monsoon.

This year, Centre has already released Rs. 6,166.00 crore from SDRF to 14 States and Rs. 1,988.91 crore from NDRF to 12 States. In addition, Rs. 726.20 crore has been released from State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to five States and Rs. 17.55 crore from National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) have also been released to two States.

"More than Rs 8,000 crore from State Disaster Response Fund /National Disaster Response Fund has been provided to 19 states this year," Shah said.

The government has also provided logistic assistance, including deployment of requisite NDRF teams, Army teams and Air Force support to all the flood, landslides, cloudburst affected States. During the ongoing monsoon, 104 teams of NDRF are deployed in the 21 States/UT for rescue and relief operations.