Chennai: Minister of Housecon Union Amit Shah on Wednesday convinced Tamil Nadu that the inter-ministerial team of six members would visit the country to assess the damage to the flood, said the leader of the Parliamentary Party DMK T Balu.
The Tamil Nadu government has been seeking central assistance from 2,629 crores against flood assistance.
Speaking with reporters after the meeting with Shah in New Delhi, Balu said he had submitted government notes to the Union Minister on the direction of the minister’s leader, seeking 2,079 crore’s main relief towards permanent restoration and 550 crore to take temporarily relieved and restoration.
“The Union Minister said he would send a team tonight and decide further action after they returned.
Shah also spoke to the main minister by telephone today,” Balu said, expressing hopes of getting the central assistance.
However, the sources of the Ministry of Home Union told TI that the composition of the team would only be known by Thursday night.
The team is expected to visit Chennai, Chengalpet, Kanyakumari and Delta District in the next few days.
Tamil Nadu received 52% of excessive rainfall in October and 49% of the excess rain in November, affected 12 heavy districts.
The state has reported 54 deaths related to rain.
52 other people were injured.
In accordance with administrative assessment, 701 cottages were fully damaged and 8,846 parts were partially damaged, 67 houses were damaged and 2,022 houses were partially damaged.
Asked about the bad assistance from the center during the previous disaster, Baitu said, “It all depends on the competence of the state government.
The following is the government led by Stalin.
It is not like the previous government.
We will have 39 MPS.
We will approach And get as many funds as we can, “said Balu.
The Disaster State Response Account (SDRF) stands at a deficit of 7,500 crores due to installation costs.
Nonetheless, the ministerial head on Tuesday allocated 300 crores to road recovery, waterways and other infrastructure and announced assistance to farmers.
About 49,230 hectares of agricultural harvests and 526 hectares of horticulture plants were flooded, said the DMK leader.