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The balance sheet of the cyclone storm Gaja was raised to 36 Saturday. The hurricane hit Tamil Nadu Friday between Nagapattinam and Vedaranyam, leaving behind a series of destructions. The violent cyclone had a wind speed greater than 90 to 100 km / h and could reach 110 km / h when the eye of the storm landed at 1:40 in Nagapattinam.
In addition to the loss of life, 1471 huts were partially damaged and 216 were completely destroyed. A total of 471 relief camps were established and 81,948 people were accommodated.
The Kerala government yesterday announced compensation of 10 lakhs for the relatives of the deceased, 1,000 lahs for the seriously wounded and 25,000 rupees for the wounded.
The cyclone also resulted in the loss of 13,000 transformers and the uprooting of 5,000 trees.
A fallen pole and a damaged motorcycle are seen on a road after the passage of Hurricane Gaja in Velankanni, Nagapattinam district, in the south of Tamil Nadu state, India, on November 16, 2018. REUTERS / Stringer
Two navy vessels, Chetlat and Cheriyam, arrived in Karaikal this morning with food materials on board, at the request of the civil administration, to strengthen the state's efforts to rescue to people affected by the cyclone.
Meanwhile, the Indian Navy's Cora Divh and Carnicobar ships are preparing to leave Chennai for relief operations. The Dornier aircraft, former INS Rajali, at Arakonam, undertakes aerial reconnaissance to assess the damage.
Dornier ex INS Rajali aircraft in Arakonam undertakes aerial reconnaissance to assess damage
The Minister of Fisheries, D Jayakumar, said that all fishermen were prevented from going to sea long in advance. Unfortunately, although "173 mechanized boats have landed in Sri Lanka because of cyclone Gaja, the government has taken measures to bring back 53. The other boats are in bad condition and can not be brought back," he said. .
Congress President P Chidambaram urged Interior Minister Rajnath Singh to immediately dispatch a team of two officers to examine the extent of Hurricane Gaja's damage in Tamil Nadu.
"I asked the Minister of the Interior, through the Minister of the Interior, to immediately appoint a team of two officers for her to visually inspect the interior. extent of damage caused by Cyclone Gaja (sic), "said Chidambaram in a tweet.
At the same time, the Tamil Nadu government claimed that the Center had not approved the funds it was seeking after natural disasters such as cyclones, claiming that this was the case at the time. once from the exemption of the NDA and its predecessor, the UPA.
Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said that only a "specified" amount had been sanctioned in the past and that the state was spending on these issues with its own funds.
"This central government (NDA) has not given either." To my knowledge, the previous government (UPA) also did not approve the full amount (as requested by Tamil). Nadu) after the cyclone, "he said.
With contributions from Majeet Negi
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