The Maharashtra Government on Wednesday announced that it would extend relief to the landslide-flood hit people in coastal Konkan region and western Maharashtra as per the norms of the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) norms, even as the number of deaths in the various mishaps in the affected areas of the State mounted to 213.
Talking to media persons after the weekly State Cabinet meeting, Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde said: “The State Government has decided to give Rs 10,000 as cash relief to each affected family. In addition, immediate relief would be extended to the affected families as per SDRF norms towards damage to their household items, clothes and utensils as per SDRF state disaster relief fund norms”
Shinde said that the floods had not receded in many of the affected areas of the state. “A panchama of the losses suffered by the people during the heavy rains and the consequent floods is being carried out. Within a fortnight, the state government will decide on the quantum of the assistance to be given to the people in the affected areas”.
Meanwhile, the various relief and rescue agencies recovered four more bodies on Wednesday, taking the total number of people killed in the heavy rains, consequent floods and landslides in Kokan region, western Maharashtra and Vidarbha region to 213.
Raigad accounted for a maximum of 95 deaths, while there were 46 deaths in Satara district of western Maharashtra. The death tally in other places comprised: Ratnagiri-35, Thane-15, Kolhapur-7, Mumbai-4, Pune-3, Sindhudurg-4. Wardha and Akola-2 each. The authorities pegged the number of injuries at 52, while eight persons were still reported missing.
As many as 16 teams belonging to the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and two belonging to the Indian Army – continued with their rescue and operations.