Priyanka Gandhi slams Centre’s Wayanad landslide relief package as “Neglect”
The landslide in Wayanad has caused immense destruction, with hundreds of lives lost and thousands rendered homeless.
The landslide in Wayanad has caused immense destruction, with hundreds of lives lost and thousands rendered homeless.
Calling the Centre’s initial relief package of Rs 1,600 crore a “grave injustice” to the people of Punjab, Gandhi noted that the state’s estimated losses stand at nearly Rs 20,000 crore.
He urged BJP leaders to impress upon the Prime Minister to release a special financial package for Himachal Pradesh at the earliest so that affected families could receive timely assistance.
He announced after he visited Punjab to review the flood situation and assess the damage caused by cloudbursts and heavy rain in affected areas.
Kumar, who recently visited the flood-affected villages of Fazilka district, described the scale of destruction as "overwhelming," with entire stretches of farmland submerged, crops destroyed, cattle perished, and homes reduced to rubble.
The Chief Minister, on Friday, visited disaster-affected areas of Kullu district to assess the damage caused by flash floods, cloudbursts, and landslides.
While intervening in the during discussion in an adjournment motion brought by BJP under Rule 67,he said the package will apply wherever heavy rainfall, landslides, or other natural calamities cause damage during this monsoon.
The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu here on Monday.
The state government is making every effort to normalise the situation after the monsoon, he added.
"It is imperative that we respond to this disaster with the urgency and the compassion it demands,” said AAP MP Raghav Chadha in the Rajya Sabha.
