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‘Damage worth thousands of crores in flood’
Updated On: 07 October, 2023 08:23 AM IST | Gangtok | Agencies
CM announces Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia to kin of deceased and immediate relief of Rs 2,000 each to survivors in camps; 25 dead, 143 still missing
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People being rescued from a flooded area in north Sikkim
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Friday said that the Himalayan state has incurred damages worth thousands of crores of rupees in the flash flood but the exact details will be known after a committee is formed and it completes its analysis. The CM on Friday announced an ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the family of those who died in the flash flood in the state.
He also announced an immediate relief of Rs 2,000 each to all those who are being sheltered in relief camps. Tamang said this is a temporary aid from the state government while the actual extent of the damage is being computed.
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