Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday ordered compensation packages for flood-affected victims.
After a high-level meeting at the Secretariat, Ms. Jayalalithaa ordered that Rs 10,000 be awarded for those who lost huts and Rs 5,000 for the flood-hit living in permanent houses.
‘Expedite survey’
She also ordered officials to speedily complete the survey of damaged crops. As part of the package, Rs. 13,500 per hectare would be given for paddy and other irrigated crops with damage of 33 per cent and above. The compensation will be Rs. 7,410 per hectare for rain-fed crops and Rs. 18,000 per hectare for long-term crops.
The amount will be deposited directly in to the accounts of the farmers in primary agriculture co-operative banks. She asked the officials not to adjust this amount against loans obtained the farmers.
Similarly, she announced a relief amount of Rs. 30,000 for those who had lost cows and buffaloes, Rs. 3,000 for sheep and pigs and Rs. 100 for loss of poultry like hen.
People contributing towards flood relief should send the money to the Chief Minister’s Flood Relief Fund, she said.
Till date, 13,80,461 persons were rescued, evacuated and accommodated in 5,554 relief centres. A total of 80,120 persons were being involved in relief and rescue work, including 45,000 government staff and 30,000 police personnel.
Blankets, sanitary napkins for women and diapers for children were among the relief material being provided to inmates of camps for the flood affected.
Books, uniforms
As many as 37,707 school students, who lost their belongings in the floods, have been given new textbooks, 26,865 notebooks and 9,306 uniforms. So far 453 tonnes of milk powder has been distributed.
>Here is a selection of stories from The Hindu's coverage of the floods
The monsoon has wreaked havoc in the coastal districts in the north following unprecedented rainfall on November 15, 16 and December 1.
