New Delhi, Dec 6 (UNI) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday approved the release of Rs 944.80 crore to Tamil Nadu, as both the installments of central share from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to help the state in providing relief assistance to people affected by cyclone “Fengal’.
Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) have been sent in cyclonic storm ‘Fengal’ affected state of Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Puducherry for an on-the-spot assessment of the damages. After the assessment reports of IMCTs are received, additional financial assistance from NDRF, will be approved to the disaster affected states, as per the established procedure, a Home Ministry statement said.
It may be mentioned that more than Rs 21,718.716 crore has already been released to 28 states during this year. This include Rs 14878.40 crore from SDRF to 26 states, Rs 4808.32 crore from NDRF to 18 states, Rs 1385.45 crore from State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to 11 states and Rs 646.546 crore from National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) to seven states.
In addition to financial assistance, the Central Government has also provided all logistic assistance, including deployment of requisite NDRF teams, Army teams and Air Force support to all the flood and cyclone affected states.
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