PM promises Rs 1000 crore aid for flood-ravaged J-K

September 08, 2014 12:07

Over 150 people have been killed and lakhs have been stranded in Jammu and Kashmir, which has been hit by the worst floods in five decades. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who undertook an aerial survey of the flood-affected Jammu and Srinagar regions on Sunday, said the current crisis was a "national level disaster".

He annnounced a special assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir besides a Rs 2 lakh compensation from the prime minister's relief fund for the kin of each dead and Rs 50,000 each for the seriously injured. Read

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