The State government on Thursday sent a detailed report about the damages caused by rains, seeking rs 1,607 crore as financial assistance from the National Calamity Relief Fund.
In 2008, when the State faced huge losses due to the monsoon havoc, Rs 3,789 crore was sought as assistance from the Centre. However, even after a team from the Centre visited Tamil Nadu in December 2008 and gave hope for a higher grant, the Central government allocated a very meager amount as assistance.
This year, 203 people have lost their lives, while 3.20 lakh houses and 48,000 hutments were affected by floods. While standing crops in 15 lakh acres got submerged in rain water, 5,068 cattle perished. The State government has allocated `500 crore for immediate relief measures.
MK hits out at Jaya: Taking exception to the remarks of AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa that he and all his Cabinet colleagues took part in a cinema function forgetting the woes of the rain-affected people, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday said that Jayalalithaa’s outburst against him showed that she could not stomach VIPs congratulating him.
Writing for Murasoli, the DMK chief said only six ministers took part in the cinema function and they too had left for their respective districts immediately after the event was over to monitor relief works.
Karunanidhi also contested the statement of Jayalalithaa that the DMK government had paid only a scant regard for relief works.
Recalling the successive review meetings chaired by him to oversee the rain situation almost on a daily basis, he said top officials were deputed to rain-hit districts and a detailed report had been sent to the Centre seeking assistance.
On Jayalalithaa’s charge that he was trying to blackmail the Congress in the 2G Spectrum issue, Karunanidhi said as usual, the AIADMK leader was trying to create a rift between the Congress and the DMK and she would not succeed in her attempt.
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