Relief for Vidarbha flood/rain affected

CM was in Vidarbha to tour flood-affected parts of Washim and Chandrapur districts. “Fifteen per cent of District Planning Commission funds will be used for flood relief,” he said.

Chavan said orders to survey damage to roads and bridges had been issued and appealed to corporate houses to spend social responsibility funds on providing utensils and clothes to the flood-affected. About declaring “wet drought”,he said: There is no such term in government records.”

More than 86 people have died in Vidarbha since June 1 and thousands of houses damaged. Sowing and crops on lakhs of hectares have also been damaged.