Kerala Government has sought a financial assistance of Rs.169 crore from Centre to meet drought relief operations, Revenue Minister K P Rajendran said here on Friday.
An all-party delegation led by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, scheduled to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next month, would take up this matter also, he told reporters.
The Centre had promised to send a 10-member team to assess the drought damage in the State. The team was expected to visit the State on the third week of May, he said.
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However, by that time, situation in the State was likely to change with the monsoon setting in, Mr. Rajendran said.
‘Centre should help the state in tackling the drought relief’, he said.
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