Government has sanctioned a relief amount of Rs. 5.36 crore for 17 storm-hit districts of the state. This is over and above Rs3 crore sanctioned to Agra and Rs. 10 lakh to Mathura districts, official said.
Out of the sanctioned amount, Rs. 50 lakh has been sanctioned to Shahjahanpur, Rs. 10 lakh to Sambhal, Rs. 35 lakh to Amroha, Rs. 62 lakh to Pilibhit, Rs. 02 lakh to Shamli, Rs. 30 lakh to Kushinagar, Rs. 102 lakh to Kanpur Nagar, Rs. 35 lakh to Faizabad, Rs. 15 lakh to Etah, Rs. 20 lakh to Jalaun, Rs. 20 lakh to Kaushambi, Rs. 20 lakh to Kannauj, Rs. 20 lakh to Fatehpur, Rs. 5 lakh to Chitrakoot, Rs. 5 lakh to Muzaffarnagar and Rs. 5 lakh to Hamirpur.
Gratuitous relief amount has been distributed to cent percent affected families against loss of 75 human lives, 87 injured persons and loss of 331 cattle-heads till Friday.
An amount Rs. 5.71 lakh has been distributed among 133 families against 338 affected families for house collapse. The relief amount will be distributed to the remaining affected families by tomorrow.