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Modi Announces Rs 1,600 Crore for Punjab, Rs 1,500 Crore for Himachal After Flood Survey

Aerial surveys preceded the pledge as central teams move to finalize damage assessments.

Overview

  • The Prime Minister conducted aerial surveys and chaired review meetings in Kangra and Gurdaspur, meeting affected residents and NDRF/SDRF teams.
  • The packages include advance release of the second SDRF instalment and PM Kisan payments, plus ex‑gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured.
  • Recovery measures cover rebuilding homes under PM Awas, restoring national highways, repairing government schools under Samagra Shiksha, livestock support, water‑harvesting works and geo‑tagging of damages.
  • Targeted farm relief features aid for cultivators without power connections, refurbishing silted bores under RKVY and solar support for diesel pumps aligned with micro‑irrigation.
  • Inter‑ministerial teams remain on the ground to guide further aid, with Punjab describing one of its worst floods in decades and estimating losses at about Rs 13,289 crore.