Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram and BJP State president Basant Panda on Friday slammed the State Government for providing “untrue” information in the State Assembly regarding disbursement of drought assistance from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) to the State.
“There is no truth in Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Bijyashree Routray’s reply that the Centre has not given any assistance to contain drought in the State,” Oram said.
He said parts of sanctioned amount have been disbursed to Odisha gradually from day of saction.
Similarly, the BJP State chief said 707 crore out of sanctioned amount of Rs 815 crore has already been released from the NDRF to the Odisha Government. “The State Government has been in the habit of talking against the Centre. But people know how the Narandra Modi Government is concerned about the State’s development,” he said.
Notably, the Minister had on Tuesday told the Assembly that the Centre was yet to provide any drought assistance to the State. But out of outstanding Phailin amount of Rs 399.83, the State had received Rs 147.40 crore.8