CM Uddhav Thackeray approves Rs 16.5 cr relief package for flood-hit people in Nagpur

Chief Minister Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Friday approved Rs. 16.50 crores for relief to flood-affected people in Nagpur region. This relief amount will be utilised for providing domestic articles, financial help for house repairing, making shelters etc.

Heavy rains in the catchment area of rivers in Madhya Pradesh, led to a rise in water levels in several rivers in Maharashtra. It led to floods in Wainganga river. In Nagpur at least 90,000 persons were affected by the floods. 

Vijay Wadettiwar state’s disaster relief minister blamed Madhya Pradesh (MP) for the crisis. 

“There was no intimation from the neighbouring state about the massive water being released from dams on their side. Even as there were sudden heavy rains in MP, the concerned authorities should have intimated Maharashtra about the discharge in terms of quantity. There was no official communication whatsoever,” claimed the minister. 

मुख्यमंत्री उद्धव बाळासाहेब ठाकरे यांनी नागपूर विभागात निर्माण झालेल्या पूर परिस्थितीमुळे नुकसान झालेल्या व्यक्तींना १६ कोटी ५० लाख रुपयांची मदत वाटप करण्यास मान्यता दिली आहे. यामध्ये घरगुती सामान, कच्ची व पक्की घरे, मदत छावण्या यासाठीच्या अर्थसहाय्याचा समावेश आहे.

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