BJP member in Rajya Sabha seeks interim rain relief for UT
The Hindu
S. Selvaganabathy, said the Puducherry and Karaikal regions have seen unprecedented rains this northeast monsoon and the government needed financial assistance for rain relief work
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) S. Selvaganabathy, has urged the Union government to provide interim financial assistance to the Union Territory to take up rain relief work and to provide compensation to those affected.
Speaking at zero hour in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, he said Puducherry and Karaikal regions have received unprecedented volumes of rainfall in the last one month. Both the regions usually receive an average of 76.7 cm of rainfall during the entire Northeast monsoon period. After the onset of the NE monsoon this year, the UT received 83.4 cm in November alone. Crops in around 3,950 hectares of land sustained damage in the rain. Around 12,000 farmers have been affected in the heavy rains, he said.