Key Points:
- Uddhav Thackeray has announced₹ 10,000 crore financial assistance to the flood-hit people in the state.
- The assistance will be provided by Diwali.
- The meeting was with the key leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) related to the flood issue
- Maharashtra is yet to receive a total amount of around ₹38,000 crore from the Central Government said the CM.
- The rough distribution of the package has been given.
- Ajit Pawar was also a part of the meeting
Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, on Friday announced a ₹10,000 crore financial assistance to the flood-hit people in the state, including the farmers.
आम्ही शेतकऱ्यांना वाऱ्यावर न सोडण्याचा शब्द दिला होता. सगळ्याचा विचार करून ₹१०,००० कोटी देण्याचं आम्ही निश्चित केलं आहे.
We reviewed the situation caused by heavy rains & as we promised to the farmers that we would not forsake them, we are announcing ₹10,000 crore as relief. https://t.co/qojqvSQLD7
— Office of Uddhav Thackeray (@OfficeofUT) October 23, 2020
The CM guaranteed that the aid will be provided by Diwali while talking to reporters. He spoke this after holding a meeting with the key leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on the flood situation.
Uddhav hit out at the Central Government for their pending ₹38,000 crore to Maharashtra.
राज्याच्या हक्काचे जवळपास ३८,००० कोटी रुपये केंद्राकडून राज्याला येणे बाकी आहे.
Approximately sum of ₹38,000 Crore is yet to be received by the state from the Centre. https://t.co/Liz11kIgWA
— Office of Uddhav Thackeray (@OfficeofUT) October 23, 2020
The CM said,
“The aid announced on Friday is the biggest given for the natural calamity in the state. We have increased the relief amount to Rs 10,000 and Rs 25,000 per ha for the loss on irrigated and non-irrigated land of crops and horticultural crops, respectively and the relief will reach the farmers before Diwali (November 14).”
Increase in each hectare:
Rs 6,800 to Rs 10,000
Rs 10,000 to Rs 25000
जून ते ऑक्टोबर अखेर राज्यात झालेल्या अतिवृष्टीमुळे जे नुकसान झाले आहे, त्यासाठी शेतकऱ्यांना आणि आपत्तीग्रस्तांना दिलासा देण्यासाठी तसेच पायाभूत सुविधांच्या पुर्नउभारणीसाठी राज्य शासनाने खालील प्रमाणे मदत देण्याचा निर्णय घेतला आहे. pic.twitter.com/SFfMn4T0QD
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) October 23, 2020
The district administrations have completed spot valuation of the losses suffered due to the unseasonal rainfall and the State Government will ensure providing the aids the flood-hit farmers at the earliest.
“I don’t like the word package, but we will give ₹10,000 crore assistance…it will be used for different purposes,” Thackeray stated.
Division of the 10,000 Crore Package:
Rs 5,500 crore – relief to Farmers for their Crop Loss
Rs 2,365 crore – for Damages to Roads and Bridges
Rs 1,000 crore – for Destruction of Rural Roads and Disruption in Water Supply
Rs 300 crore – Urban Areas
Rs 239 crore – Energy Schemes
Rs 102 crore – Resource Schemes
And the rest will be distributed as per needed.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was also a part of the meeting held at the chief minister’s official residence ”Varsha” in Mumbai via video-conferencing.
Due to the unseasonal rainfall and flooding in the past few days, harvest-ready crops on hectares of land were found devastated in many districts of central and western Maharashtra.
