Kerala government gets Rs 35 crore bill for flood relief, airlifting ops

November 30, 2018 09:25

The Kerala government has received a bill of over Rs 33 crore to be paid to the Controller of Defence Accounts, and this includes the airlift services provided by the Indian Air Force during the massive deluge in August this year.

The letter which has been sent to the state government by the Air Headquarters in New Delhi includes a sum of Rs 2,03,15,000 for the airlift services provided to the state government of Kerala by the Indian Air Force.

"This bill should be seen as been sent by the central government. We in the recent past have also written to central government, stating that we were expecting the ration including the extra quota of rice and kerosene as free of charge, given as assistance during the floods. But we've not received any response to even that," Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the media.

Kerala had sought assistance of Rs 5,616 crore through two memorandums. And Rs 2,000 crore as emergency fund. But, the Centre has allocated only Rs 600 crore as emergency fund, the chief minister wrote.

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