Pinarayi Vijayan: the center asked for 290 Cr for a rescue and rescue plane

Kerala's chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, told the badembly Thursday that the Union government had asked the state for a short period of time. to buy back 290 rupees to cover the cost of launching a plane for the rescue mission Floods and provision of rations to people affected by the floods

He declared that the amount that would reach the Emergency Fund for people in distress the Prime Minister would not be enough to cover the costs of relief activities to flood victims. In addition, the state must now pay the Union government for the cost of deploying aircraft for rescue operations and supply, he said.

The CM stated that until November 27, an amount of 2,683.18 crores of rupees had reached the CM's distress fund. . This included the amount collected from state government employees through a "wage challenge". So far, the government has spent Rs. 688.46 and another Rs. 1,357.78 crore is to be spent on the relief fund of the Chief Minister to compensate flood-damaged homes.

The Emergency Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) has a crore of Rs 987.73 From this, a crore of Rs 586.04 has been spent up to now. Under the current scenario, the government will need an additional Rs 706.74 crore to clear the outstanding liabilities. Even if the entire amount of SDRF is used, the state can not wipe out its liabilities, he said.
The CM stated that, according to a scientific badessment of the United Nations, Kerala suffered a loss of 26,718 crore and rebuilt the flood. this state would require 31,000 crores of rupees.

Vijayan also wrote to the Minister of the Interior of the Union, Rajnath Singh, as the high-level committee on the mitigation of the effects of natural disasters and relief from natural disasters should be convened immediately to ensure increased badistance to the state. In two previous memoranda, the state had asked for aid in the amount of Rs 5,616 crore. The state also claimed Rs 2,000 crores from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) .