Overview

• Sanjay Raut said the Centre should have already declared a relief package and pressed the Prime Minister to make an announcement in Mumbai.
• An initial assessment cited by Devendra Fadnavis put flood damage at roughly 60 lakh hectares of cropland across Maharashtra.
• The state has decided to extend all benefits typically provided during drought to those affected by the floods.
• A formal declaration of a “wet drought” was not made, with officials saying such a category is not provided for in the manual.
• Raut also dismissed Ramdas Kadam’s claims about Bal Thackeray’s death as baseless and questioned Kadam’s credibility and contributions to the party.