An all-party delegation of MPs from Tamil Nadu is set to call on Union Home Minister Amit Shah to urge him to sanction funds to the tune of ₹37,907 crore sought by the government towards flood relief. On Thursday, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said that an appointment has been sought to meet the Home Minister in this regard.
“Despite the visit of a Central team as well as Union Ministers to affected areas and the submission of two representations by the government seeking funds, no relief fund has been received from the Union government,” an official release quoted Mr. Stalin as saying. It pointed out that the “Union government had sanctioned funds from the National Disaster Response Fund sooner when natural disasters struck other States.”
