Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a Rs 1,000 crore “advance interim assistance” for cyclone-hit West Bengal. The decision was taken after PM undertook an aerial survey of the cyclone Amphan hit state which killed 80 people in the state. During the aerial survey PM Modi was accompanied by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on the helicopter.
After the aerial survey, PM Modi said in Basirhat on North 24 Parganas district, “Rs. 1,000 crore advance assurance will be given to West Bengal”. He assured full support of Centre to Bengal and said, “All aspects relating to rehabilitation, reconstruction will be addressed. We all want West Bengal to move ahead. The Centre will always stand with West Bengal in these testing times. We will work together to ensure that Bengal stands on its feet again”.
PM Modi also announced Rs 2 lakh each for the families of those who died in the cyclone in Bengal and Rs 50,000 for the injured. He said, “I am here to assure everyone in Bengal that in this time of crisis you will find the central government fully there standing beside you shoulder to shoulder”.
Rs. 1000 crore advance assurance will be given to West Bengal.
Rs. 2 lakh would be given to the next of kin of the persons deceased and Rs 50,000 each to the persons who got seriously injured due to the cyclone in parts of West Bengal: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 22, 2020