The Uttar Pradesh government has sought a special financial package of Rs 6138.42 crore for the drought hit 44 districts of the state from the Central team, which is visiting the state from Thursday.
State Chief secretary Alok Ranjan met the Central team members and demanded financial package for the drought hit districts.
The financial package includes Rs 685.41 crore for the compensation to be paid to the farmers, Rs 999.33 crore for the agriculture department,, Rs 1162 crore for the power department 639.76 crore for the animal husbandry department, Rs 258.65 crore for the minor irrigation, Rs 1498.10 crore for the irrigation department and Rs 5555.03 crore for the Jal Nigam along with packages for other department too.
Ranjan said the Centre has sent three teams to UP to visit the spots and assess the situation there. The Central team is headed by Joint Secretary in the Union Agriculture ministry Utpal Kumar Singh, who met Ranjan.
He informed the central team that collection of revenue has been deferred in the drought-affected districts till March 2015 and other facilities are being provided as relief to the farmers. “We have informed the central team that Government of India had been requested to provide relief amount as per the action plan prepared by departments to impart pace to relief exercise,” he said.
The next meeting would be held on September 27 after district tours by central government team.
The Central teams will visit Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Jaluan, Mathura, Aligarh, Badaun, Agra, Etah and Kannauj disricts.