Banerjee, who blamed the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for "abnormal" release of water which according to her had aggravated the floods, had earlier said she would raise the issue during her meeting with the PM.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she will demand adequate funds from the Centre for post-flood reconstruction work in her state, where loss of property has been estimated at about Rs 30,000 crore. Talking to reporters at the state secretariat 'Nabanna' before leaving for New Delhi, Banerjee said she would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 12 and place her demands for flood damages from National Disaster Relief Fund.
"I will meet the PM on August 12 and place my demand for the state and request him to waive loans taken by the farmers," Banerjee said.
Banerjee, who blamed the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for "abnormal" release of water which according to her had aggravated the floods, had earlier said she would raise the issue during her meeting with the PM.
Meanwhile, 20 more deaths have been reported in the last three days, taking the flood toll in the state to 120. Speaking about the latest flood situation, Banerjee said she had reviewed it on Monday during a video conference with the DMs of 12 flood-hit districts.
"Task Forces are being set up in all flood-hit districts for relief and restoration works and the DMs are constantly monitoring the situation," she said.
Mouza-wise notifications were being made as per requirement to declare them as flood-hit with exact assessment of inundation and damages, Banerjee said.
Taking a dig at opposition political parties, the Chief Minister said, "Those who are criticising relief work by our government are not right on their point. They are just doing politics. All of us should now stand by the affected." As the flood waters receded, the affected people were found suffering from diarrhoea and also from snake bites and help of local doctors, she said.
Some breached embankments of rivers were also being repaired by the irrigation engineers, she said.
"2,473 relief camps have been set up to shelter nearly 5.09 lakh marooned people and 824 medical camps have been opened," state Disaster Management Department officials said adding, the number of affected people was over 1.06 crore.
As many as 7,32,408 houses were damaged and crop over an area of 12,92,372 hectares has been damaged, they said. The affected areas include 236 blocks, 55 municipal bodies, four municipal corporations and 814 gram panchayats (GPs) covering 21,885 villages. Steps were also being taken to protect the affected people from health hazards, while medicines and drinking water pouches were being distributed, they added.
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