MHA Approves Rs 288.93 Crore Aid for Tripura to Recover from 2024 Flood Devastation
The MHA approved an additional central assistance of Rs. 288.93 crore for Tripura under the NDR fund. Expressing his gratitude, the Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha said that additional Central assistance of Rs 288.93 crore has been approved for Tripura in view of the terrible landslides and flood that devastated the state in August last year.
"This additional Central assistance would definitely be a boon to the disaster-affected people in the state. The Rs 288.93 crore allocated to Tripura will undoubtedly help the state to achieve the developmental goals left out due to the Tripura Floods 2024. I wholeheartedly thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi and HM Amit Shah for always being with Tripura," CM Dr Saha wrote on Facebook.
In a post on X, Union Home Minister Amit Shah wrote, The Modi government stands like a rock in support of the disaster-affected people. Today, the MHA approved an additional central assistance of Rs. 1554.99 crore to Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland, Odisha, Telangana, and Tripura under the NDR fund. This is in addition to the Rs. 18,322.80 crore released by the centre to 27 states under the SDR fund.
Notably, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha previously stated that during the catastrophic flood in August last year, nearly 17 lakh people were impacted, with approximately four lakh individuals relocated to secure shelters, and 889 relief camps established by the government.
The disaster claimed the lives of at least 38 people due to flooding and landslides, while a total of 58,687 houses sustained damage. Dr Saha further mentioned that the extensive destruction caused by the flood resulted in losses amounting to roughly Rs 15,000 crore.
IANS reports: A High-Level Committee (HLC) headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday approved around Rs 460 crore for the northeastern states of Nagaland and Tripura to effectively handle crises triggered by last year's flood in the two states, an official said.
An official release mentioned that the HLC under the chairmanship of the Home Minister approved Rs 1,554.99 crore of additional Central assistance to five states -- Andhra Pradesh (Rs 608.08 crore), Telangana (Rs 231.75 crore), Odisha (Rs 255.24 crore), Nagaland (Rs 170.99 crore) and Tripura (Rs 288.93 crore).
This additional assistance is over and above the funds released by the Centre to the states in the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), already placed at the disposal of the states.
The Central Government has deputed Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) to these states, immediately after the calamities, without waiting for the receipt of a formal memorandum.
During August-September last year, catastrophic floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have devastated several northeastern states killing many people and destroying huge properties and crops.
In Nagaland, six persons were killed and many injured after a series of landslides and mudslides blocked at Pherima, Piphema, and Pagala Pahar on September 3.
According to the official release of the Ministry of Home Affairs, during the financial year 2024-25, the Central government has released Rs 18,322.80 crore to 27 states in SDRF and Rs 4,808.30 crore from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to 18 states, Rs 2,208.55 crore from the State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to 14 states and Rs 719.72 crore from National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) to eight states. (Edited)
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