Central team arrives in Chennai to assess rain damage
The Hindu
It will visit 12 rain-hit areas in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
The Union Government’s team, deputed for an on-the-spot assessment of the rain damage in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, arrived in Chennai on Sunday and held discussions with senior officials.
The team will visit 12 affected districts in Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory this week.
The seven-member team is led by Joint Secretary in the Union Home Ministry Rajiv Sharma. The other members are Consultant in the Union Ministry of Finance R.B. Kaul; Director in the Department of Agriculture Vijay Rajmohan; Assistant Director in the Union Ministry of Power Bhavya Pandey; Under-Secretary in the Union Ministry of Rural Development M.V.N. Varaprasad; Director in the Union Ministry of Water Resources R. Thangamani; and Regional Director in the Union Ministry of Road Transport Rananjay Singh.
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