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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a package of ₹2,350 crore for all North-East states for mitigating the impact of floods on short- and long-term basis.
Modi, on a day-long visit to Guwahati, met the Chief Ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland to take stock of the flood situation.
“The prime minister announced ₹2,350-crore total flood package for the North-East,” Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Giving a breakup, Sarma said, “The Prime Minister has announced a special package of ₹2,000 crore for the region for relief and rehabilitation.”
The share of each state will be worked out in coming days and will be announced accordingly, he added.
In addition to that, the Prime Minister has announced a ₹100 crore corpus for setting up a research project to study the Brahmaputra and its role in creating devastating flood, Sarma said. “This project will have a high-power committee comprising scientists, researchers and engineers. They will study the river and suggest remedies to tackle floods. This will be a long-term project.”
Regarding Assam, the state Finance Minister said the Prime Minister announced release of ₹250 crore immediately to carry out relief and rehabilitation.
“The prime minister had released ₹300 crore in June. The ₹250 crore announced today is in addition to the amount released in June,” Sarma said.
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