Make use of ₹1,345.15 crore SDRF for relief works: Kishan Reddy
The HinduThe Congress government has been advised to make use of the ₹1,345.15 crore available with the State Disaster Response Fund for providing relief and rehabilitation measures in the rains and flood-hit regions of the State by Telangana BJP president and Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy on Tuesday. The Minister claimed that there were ‘complaints’ about relief measures not reaching the people hit by floods and the onus was on the government to ensure that every affected person gets assistance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have already talked to the Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy offering necessary assistance and NDRF teams have also been rushed to the State. He accused the previous BRS government of not submitting utilisation certificates and the relief not reaching the affected parties yet the Centre had released ₹208 crore for Telangana in June.