New Delhi: A high-level central team will visit Tamil Nadu to make a first-hand assessment of the damage caused by floods and rains on Thursday.
The team, to be led by Joint Secretary (Home Ministry) Prasad, will include officials of Agriculture and Power Ministries and Central Water Commission, which will assess the damage caused in the worst-hit areas of Chennai, Tiruvallore, Kancheepuram and Cuddalore districts and the union territory of Puducherry.
Sources said the team will be in Tamil Nadu for at least two days.
A central team will also visit Andhra Pradesh as soon as its memorandum is received, the Finance Ministry said in a statement here.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had earlier sent a letter along with a detailed memorandum on the damages from recent floods.
"Further assistance, if any, beyond the SDRF (State Disaster Relief Fund) available to states will be decided by the central government after examining the assessment made by the central team," the Finance Ministry said.
The team, to be led by Joint Secretary (Home Ministry) Prasad, will include officials of Agriculture and Power Ministries and Central Water Commission, which will assess the damage caused in the worst-hit areas of Chennai, Tiruvallore, Kancheepuram and Cuddalore districts and the union territory of Puducherry.
Sources said the team will be in Tamil Nadu for at least two days.
A central team will also visit Andhra Pradesh as soon as its memorandum is received, the Finance Ministry said in a statement here.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had earlier sent a letter along with a detailed memorandum on the damages from recent floods.
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"Further assistance, if any, beyond the SDRF (State Disaster Relief Fund) available to states will be decided by the central government after examining the assessment made by the central team," the Finance Ministry said.
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