Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha, the leader of the Opposition urged the Central government to announce a comprehensive rehabilitation package and enhance the compensation announced for the victims.
The National Disaster Response Force on Monday rescued seven people who were stranded in Hinglaj village in the Valsad district of Gujarat due to heavy rainfall and high tide in the Auranga River.
Mr K C Venugopal (Congress) said politics can wait and both Central and state governments have to take relief measures.
“In such difficult times, the Central government should not discriminate between the states on party lines,” the Congress leader said.
President Ram Nath Kovind spoke to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Governor P Sathasivam on Sunday and enquired about the flood situation that has devastated the southern state, killing hundreds and rendering lakhs homeless.
The death toll from more than a month of flooding across much of Kenya has reached 112, while upwards of 260,000 people have been displaced, the Red Cross said on Friday.
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