PM okays ex-gratia for Assam, Rajasthan floods, Mumbai house crash victims

July 31, 2017 12:51

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the floods in Assam and Rajasthan.

He also announced Rs 50,000 each for those seriously injured in the floods in the two states, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.

The prime minister is expected to visit Assam tomorrow to get a first-hand assessment of the flood situation.

Prime Minister Modi also sanctioned Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the building collapse in Ghatkopar in Mumbai, and Rs 50,000 each for those injured.

Seventeen people were killed when a four-storey residential building collapsed in suburban Ghatkopar on July 25.

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