This Article is From Dec 05, 2015

Tamil Nadu Floods: PM Narendra Modi Announces Rs 2 Lakh Each for Families of Dead

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Tamil Nadu
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced ex-gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh each for families of people who died in Tamil Nadu floods.

"PM announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs. 2 lakhs each from PMNRF (Prime Minister's National Relief Fund) for next of kin of those who lost their lives in the floods in Tamil Nadu," said the PMO in a Twitter post.

Prime Minister Modi had on December 3 made an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas in Tamil Nadu and announced an immediate release of Rs.1,000 crore for relief and rehabilitation work in the flood-ravaged state that was in addition to Rs. 940 crore which was released
earlier by the Centre.
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