Live! Guj to give Rs 3 crore more to U'khand disaster victims

June 24, 2013 22:45

The Gujarat government today announced a fresh relief of Rs 3 crore from Chief Minister's Relief Fund in addition to Rs 2 crore announced last week for victims of Uttarakhand disaster.

The decision was taken at a high-level disaster management meeting chaired by Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Last week, the Gujarat government had announced Rs 2 crore for the relief of those who were stranded in Uttarakhand after heavy rains, landslides and cloudbursts wrecked havoc there.

In today's meeting, held to take stock of the latest situation and chalk out plans for assisting those trapped there, a decision to grant Rs 2 lakh as compensation to the kin of those who had lost their lives in Uttarakhand was also taken, an official press release issued here said.

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