UP was rocked by a freak storm that killed around a 100 people

The day Uttar Pradesh was rocked by a freak storm that killed around a 100 people mostly in western Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Government has sought a central assistance of Rs 678.98 crore for drought rel;ieff and Rs 153.43 crore for the crop loss due to hailstorm.

Relief Commissioner Sanjay Kumar sent the letter to Union Agriculture secretary SK Patanaik on Thursday.

In his letter Kumar said that 12 tehsils spread over in has declared five districts have been declared drought hit.  Three iof these districts n Bundelkhand and two in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The five districts which have been declared drought affected are: Mahoba, lalitpur and Jhansi (Bundelkhand) while Sonebhadra and Mirzapur (in eastern Uttar Pradesh).

Kumar said that people were facing problem in these region as their crop has been destroyed because of drought. The government has extended relief to the Antodaya families in form of 15 kg flour, 25 kg potato, 5 kg pulse, 1 kg iodised salt, 1 kag desi ghee, 3 kg mustard oil and skimmed milk for the children.

This help is not enough so the Central Government should give a financial assistance of Rs 678.98 crore, Kumar said.

In another letter he wrote that due to unseasonal hailstorm crop in 36 districts was destroyed. The affected districts are Agra, Azamgarh, Aligarh, Ballia, Banda, Barabanki, Bijnore, Faizabad, Firozabad, Gonda, Hapur, Hardoi,, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Kushinagar, Kasganj, lakhimpur Khiri, lalitpur, Mathura, Mirzapur, Rae Bareli, Shahajahanpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Sonebhadra Unnao, Basti, Etawah, Jhansi, Kannauj, Kanpur Nagar, lucknow, Sambhal, Sitapur, Varanasi, Mahoba and Bulendshahr.

The UP Government has asked for an assiatnce of Rs 153.43 crore.