PM Modi Announces Rs 1,000 Crore Financial Assistance Package For Cyclone-Hit Odisha, Bengal & Jharkhand

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced financial assistance of ₹ 1,000 crores to the cyclone-affected states – Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand for immediate relief activities.

The announcement was made by the Prime Minister after conducting aerial surveys in Odisha and Bengal to assess the scale of the damage. The Center has assured all possible help for the restoration and reconstruction of the infrastructure in the affected areas.

The Prime Minister’s Office said an inter-ministerial team would visit the states to assess the full extent of the damage.

The Prime Minister announced ₹ 2 lakh for the families of each of those who died in the cyclone-related incidents. An amount of ₹ 50,000 will be paid to those injured in such incidents.

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PM Modi held a 15-minute meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Kalaikunda Air Base in the West Midnapore district of Bengal to assess the damage caused by the cyclone YES. Later, the Chief Minister did not attend the review meeting called by the Prime Minister.

After this, the Prime Minister made an aerial survey of the areas affected by the cyclone, which wreaked havoc in the districts of South and North 24 Parganas, Digha, East Medinipur and Nandigram.

Earlier in the day, PM Modi met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar; After which he made an aerial survey of the affected districts of that state.

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Yaas made landfall on the north Odisha coast – about 20 km south of Balasore – on Wednesday with 130-140 km per hour winds and 150 km per hour gusts.

At least three people died as Yaas hit Odisha. A fourth person died in Bengal’s Digha town.

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