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Kerala Flood Tragedy: PM Narendra Modi announces Rs 500 crore as interim relief

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Subhayan Chakraborty
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Kerala Flood Tragedy: PM Narendra Modi announces Rs 500 crore as interim relief

Kerala Floods Updates: Monsoon wreaks havoc in Kerala claiming around 174 lives (Photo: PTI)

As monsoon rains and floods continue to destroy Kerala, claiming over 300 lives since May, the state plunged deeper into misery with the passing of the day. Hospitals and medical institutes are facing shortage of oxygen and fuel stations are running dry. There were reports that water had begun to seep into shelter homes where thousands are shifted for safety, officials said. The deadly deluge not only took hundreds of lives but also destroyed the scenic beauty of the green state, badly hampering its tourism sector and its agriculture sector, which stood as the backbone of the state.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kerala on Friday night to take a survey of the flood situation and was received by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala Governor P Sathasivam and Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons as he is scheduled to take an aerial inspection today (Saturday).

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Kerala floods highlights:

# 240 fire service personnel departed from Odisha's Bhubaneswar for Kerala today for relief and rescue operations.

# Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has released Rs 10 crores as assistance for flood-hit Kerala.

# Indian Army rescues 256 civilians including 3 pregnant women and a large number of old couples in Chalakudy  area. Rescue Operation undertaken in East Chalakudy. 

# 105 RAF personnel provides fresh fruits, food items and medicines to people living in makeshift camps in different Taluks of flood ravaged Palakkadu district of Kerala.

# All Congress MPs, MLAs and MLC to donate one month salary for flood relief in Kerala; special relief committee to be made to send essential items to Kerala.

# All BJP corporaters of Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) to donate their one month salary towards Kerala flood relief.

# BJP Maharashtra Minister Ravindra Chavan donates his one month salary to Kerala floods relief. 

# Red Alert issued for today in 11 districts. Heavy rainfall predicted for the day in all districts except Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Kasaragod.

# Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announces Rs. 15 crores from Chief Minister Relief Fund for flood-hit Kerala.

# 1 lakh packets of food products consisting water bottles, skimmed milk, biscuits and sugar being sent to Halwara airport in Ludhiana. Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announces Rs 10 crores worth of immediate relief for Kerala floods; Rs 5 crore in form of ready-to-eat food material.

# NDRF teams rescued 194 persons, 12 livestocks and evacuated 10,467 persons; provided pre-hospital treatment to 159 persons.

# Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh offers all possible help from Chhattisgarh government for Kerala floods. 

# Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announces Rs 10 crores from Chief Minister Relief Fund for flood-hit Kerala. 

# Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das announced an aid of Rs 5 crores for flood-hit Kerala.

# Chief Minister of Maharashtra tweets

# Special aircraft of Indian Army reaches Thiruvananthapuram with food and basic amenities for flood-affected areas.

# Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announces an aid of Rs 10 crores for flood-hit Kerala from Bihar Chief Minister Relief Fund. 

# In August, till 16th actual rainfall was 619.5mm, normally it should have been 244.1 mm. The intensity of rainfall has decreased now there won't be extremely heavy rains anymore but heavy rains will continue for 2 days: Dr. S Devi, India Meteorological Department

# Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announced an aid of Rs 5 crores for flood-hit Kerala from Chief Minister Relief Fund.

# Visuals of flooding and submerged houses from Chengannur.

# Former Indian cricket VVS Laxman on Kerala Floods

# Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan on Kerala Floods and PM Modi's aerial survey

# Indian Air Force carries out rescue operation

# Update from Indian Air Force: 

# Here are some IMPORTANT DO's and DONT's during Floods

# Centre is providing comprehensive assistance to the people of Kerala, which will contribute in restoring normalcy to citizens' lives faster.

# Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard are also deployed for assisting the State in search & rescue operations. A total of 38 helicopters have been deployed for rescue and relief measures. In addition, 20 Aircraft are also being used for ferrying resources.

# The flood situation in Kerala has been continuously and closely monitored by the Centre. All help is being provided to the State Government to deal with the adverse situation. PM has been in constant touch with the Kerala CM regarding the flood situation, tweets the Office of the Prime Minister of India (PMOIndia)

# Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced an aid of Rs 10 crores for flood-hit Kerala

# PM Modi on his aerial survey

# PM expressed grief and sorrow on the unfortunate deaths and damage caused to property due to floods in Kerala. PM announced ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh per person to the next kin of the deceased and Rs. 50,000 to those seriously injured from PMNRF.

# 58 teams of NDRF are deployed in 8 affected districts, we have recused 170 people and 7000 people have been evacuated to safer places. If required more teams will be deployed: Sanjay Kumar, DG, NDRF on Kerala Flood

# "The area has been completely flooded. I have lost almost everything I had. The water level is increasing with every passing hour," says a villager as Achankovil river near Alappuzha's Kollakadavu village is overflowing following heavy rainfall in the area. 

# Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also announced Rs 500 crore as immediate aid for Kerala, in addition to the 100 crore announced earlier

# Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accompanied by Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor P. Sathasivam and Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons during aerial survey of flood-affected areas.

# Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducts an aerial survey of flood affected areas. PM has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh per person to the next kin of the deceased and Rs.50,000 to those seriously injured, from PM’s National Relief Funds (PMNRF)

# The State Bank of India (SBI) has donated Rs 2 crore to Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) and announced waiver of fees and charges on services offered by the bank in Kerala.

# Kattappana: State highway to Idukki city from Kumily is blocked due to landslide, clearance operation underway.

# Update from Indian Army: Indian Army has made 13 temporary bridges to reconnect 38 remote areas, total of 3627 personnels have been rescued till date, including 22 foreign nationals.

# 1000s and 1000s are marooned & facing a very severe, critical situation & more emergency evacuation operation is needed. What is being done is appreciable but we need more help from the Centre and other states. Kerala is in distress: PC Chacko, Congress

# Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel distribute relief material to stranded people in flood affected Palakkad's Mangalam Dam village.

# Media reports of PM Narendra Modi’s aerial survey being cancelled not yet confirmed, PM currently chairing a meeting in Kochi with CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Union Minister KJ Alphons and other officials.

# Yesterday Captain P Rajkumar Shaurya Chakra winched up 26 people from a SeaKing 42B helicopter, in extremely challenging conditions hovering between trees and in the limits of man and machine, says Indian Navy

# Shah Rukh Khan prays for Kerala.

# Update from CRPF

# Words alone are not enough. Yet I must tell all my brothers and sisters of Kerala that our thoughts and prayers are with each one of you. Condolences to those families who have lost their loved ones. Strength to those who are fighting the #KeralaFloods, tweets West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

# Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Kochi.

# Police and NDRF joint rescue operation in a flooded area of Kodagu.

# Navy delivers relief material to stranded people in a flooded area of Kochi

# Kerala organisations cancel Onam celebrations in Pune, focus on raising funds for flood-hit Kerala.

# PM Narendra Modi leaves from Thiruvananthapuram for an aerial survey of flood-affected areas of Kochi.

# UAE and the Indian community will unite to offer relief to those affected. We have formed a committee to start immediately. We urge everyone to contribute generously towards this initiative, tweets HH Sheikh Mohammed

# Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kerala on Friday night to take stock of the flood situation in the state. He will conduct an aerial survey today.

# Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced an aid of Rs 10 crores for the flood-hit Kerala.

# More than 500 people rescued by ITBP personnel from flood-hit Alleppey & Pathanamthitta in Kerala.

# Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao announced immediate financial help of Rs 25 crore for flood-hit Kerala.

# Around 700 soldiers along with specialised engineering task forces carrying boats & specialised equipment are on ground & have rescued around 4,800 people in the past 9 days. I assure that we'll work day&night till Kerala comes back to normal: Brigadier Arun CG

# Aerial visual of flooded Kalady as rain continues to lash Kerala.

# Visuals of flood-hit Kallur village in Karnataka.

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