Centre Gives Rs 552 Crore Assistance to Odisha for Cyclone Bulbul under SDRF
New Delhi: The Centre has given Rs 552 crore to Odisha for restoration works in the cyclone Bulbul affected areas in the State. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed that Rajya Sabha said that central share amounting to Rs 414.90 crore to West Bengal and Rs 552 crore to Odisha has [...]
New Delhi: The Centre has given Rs 552 crore to Odisha for restoration works in the cyclone Bulbul affected areas in the State.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed that Rajya Sabha said that central share amounting to Rs 414.90 crore to West Bengal and Rs 552 crore to Odisha has already been released under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) by the Central government.
“During the year 2019-20, central share amounting to Rs. 414.90 crore to West Bengal and Rs. 552.00 crore to Odisha has already been released under SDRF by the Central Government and additional financial assistance to states is extended from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF),” Rai said.
In West Bengal, as many as 11 human lives have been lost and 35.57 lakh people have been affected by Bulbul, while the State Government of Odisha has reported that there is no loss of human life but a total of 38.08 lakh people have been affected in the State, he added.
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