The Centre has approved the release of Rs 1,066.80 crore to flood and landslides-affected states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Kerala, and Uttarakhand.
Among the six flood-affected states, Assam received Rs 375.60 crore, Manipur-Rs 29.20 crore, Meghalaya-Rs 30.40 crore, Mizoram- Rs 22.80 crore, Kerala-Rs 153.20 crore and Uttarakhand-Rs 455.60 crore as the central share from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), an official release said on Thursday.
These states have been affected due to extremely heavy rainfall, floods and landslides during the south-west monsoon of this year.
This year, the 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 from the State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to five states and Rs 17.55 crore from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) have also been released to two states.
The Centre has also provided all logistic assistance, including deployment of requisite NDRF teams, Army teams and Air Force support to all the flood, landslides, and cloudburst-affected states. During the ongoing monsoon, 104 teams of NDRF are deployed in 21 states/UTs for rescue and relief operations.