The Centre has released about ₹3,000 crore in the last eight years and more than ₹1,500 crore since 2018 for “overall disaster relief in Telangana,” said Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of Northeast G. Kishan Reddy on Wednesday.
Another ₹377.60 crore has been allocated for 2022-23 as part of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) but it will be released once the “pending utilisation certificates, annual reports and necessary documents are submitted” with the Ministry of Home assuring of complete support and cooperation in this matter, he said in a press release.
The Minister, also the Secunderabad MP, charged the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) with making “misleading” statements about not receiving any assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) since 2018 or during the floods in Hyderabad or the Godavari floods now.
