Central help
The central help of Rs 500 crore as announced by way of Prime Minister Narendra for the flood-affected Kerala was once released to the government of Kerala on Tuesday. An additional Rs 100 crore was once also released for Kerala as announced by way of Union home minister Rajnath Singh.
Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), home to loads of hundreds of Keralites, pledged Rs 700 crore on Tuesday for relief work in Kerala, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced.
Vijayan's demands
Kerala sought a Rs 2,600 crore special package from the Centre on Tuesday because the state struggled to search out its ft after the devastating deluge wherein over 200 lives have been misplaced and over 10 lakh other people have been forced out of their homes.
Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan chaired a gathering of the state cupboard, which decided to seek a special package from the Centre below the centrally-sponsored schemes including the latter's flagship rural employment programme MNREGS.
CM Vijayan stated they would ask the Centre to allow Kerala to extend the marketplace borrowings from 3 per cent of the state's general earnings to 4.5 per cent. As a result an extra Rs 10,000 crore can also be raised.
GST relief
The Centre extended the closing date for filing of GST returns for taxpayers registered in flood hit Kerala, Mahe (Puducherry) and Kodagu district of Karnataka. The earnings department has also exempted elementary customs duty and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) on import/supply of products for flood relief in Kerala.
The due date of filing of GST summary sales returns in Form GSTR 3B for July has been extended to October 5 from August 20 for the flood affected areas.
On Tuesday, the Centre also waived off customs and import duty on all fabrics arriving from out of the country.
Rescue ops on
Both central and state businesses but even so NGOs persisted to rescue those nonetheless stranded in flooded areas and provide relief on a large scale in Kerala.
Over 24,000 other people have been evacuated until now from the flood affected areas of Kerala even as 41 NDRF teams are nonetheless undertaking relief and rescue operations in the state, a force spokesperson stated.
"The force has rescued 535 people and evacuated 24,616 marooned people to safer places. 119 animals were also evacuated and pre-hospital treatment was provided to 4,908 people till now," he stated.
In Neliyamapathy in Palakkad district, helicopters ferried pregnant women and others in the hunt for clinical lend a hand from a marooned spot whilst dumping food for greater than 1,000 other people nonetheless bring to a halt after roads in the area have been seriously damaged. In Chengannur, the closing of those trapped in water-logged puts have been rescued, stated native legislator Saji Cherian.
Police takes price
The Kerala Police on Tuesday took price of the entire 3,000 relief camps in the state. Police chief Loknath Behra warned that suitable motion would be taken against all traders who jack up costs of very important commodities.
"There will be no leniency shown to such people and those who engage in spreading fake messages and news. Already a few are behind the bars," he stated.
No illness outbreak
Reviewing the relaxation work, Union health minister J P Nadda held a gathering on Tuesday and stated no outbreak of communicable illness has been reported from the flood-ravaged districts of Kerala, up to now.
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued health advisories to give a boost to the state in meeting with post-flood public health management challenges when the threat of water borne, vector borne and viral hepatitis sicknesses turns into potent.
The health ministry despatched 65 metric tonnes of very important emergency medicine for flood-hit Kerala. 12 public health teams have also been constituted for 12 worst-affected districts of the state. Ten specialist clinical teams have also been constituted, and psycho-social teams from NIMHANS are able for deployment as and when asked by way of the state govt, the ministry stated.
Air connectivity
Flight operations from the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), which has suffered an estimated loss of over Rs 220 crore due to floods, are anticipated to renew from August 26, airport officials stated.
The airport, which is without doubt one of the busiest in the nation, have been rendered non-functional since August 14 due to flooding and torrential rains.
Meanwhile, the Naval Air Station, INS Garuda, commenced civil airplane operations from Monday. Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, was once able to perform two flights to Bengaluru and one flight to Coimbatore. An Indigo flight also did an ordeal touchdown and will also undertaking flying operations.
Road connectivity
Train site visitors on all primary routes earlier disrupted due to harm to tracks by way of floods has been restored, railways minister Piyush Goyal stated nowadays. Almost all educate services and products, excluding for a couple of for want of pairing rakes, have been restored in the state.
The railway ministry stated 3 divisions of the southern rRailway have been seriously suffering from flash floods, landslides and due to boulders falling on tracks.
HQ and divisional staff of about 30 officials, 45 supervisors and about 450 railway staffers worked round-the-clock braving rain and water in antagonistic conditions to revive the tracks.
(With company inputs)
The central help of Rs 500 crore as announced by way of Prime Minister Narendra for the flood-affected Kerala was once released to the government of Kerala on Tuesday. An additional Rs 100 crore was once also released for Kerala as announced by way of Union home minister Rajnath Singh.
Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), home to loads of hundreds of Keralites, pledged Rs 700 crore on Tuesday for relief work in Kerala, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced.
Vijayan's demands
Kerala sought a Rs 2,600 crore special package from the Centre on Tuesday because the state struggled to search out its ft after the devastating deluge wherein over 200 lives have been misplaced and over 10 lakh other people have been forced out of their homes.
Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan chaired a gathering of the state cupboard, which decided to seek a special package from the Centre below the centrally-sponsored schemes including the latter's flagship rural employment programme MNREGS.
CM Vijayan stated they would ask the Centre to allow Kerala to extend the marketplace borrowings from 3 per cent of the state's general earnings to 4.5 per cent. As a result an extra Rs 10,000 crore can also be raised.
GST relief
The Centre extended the closing date for filing of GST returns for taxpayers registered in flood hit Kerala, Mahe (Puducherry) and Kodagu district of Karnataka. The earnings department has also exempted elementary customs duty and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) on import/supply of products for flood relief in Kerala.
The due date of filing of GST summary sales returns in Form GSTR 3B for July has been extended to October 5 from August 20 for the flood affected areas.
On Tuesday, the Centre also waived off customs and import duty on all fabrics arriving from out of the country.
Rescue ops on
Both central and state businesses but even so NGOs persisted to rescue those nonetheless stranded in flooded areas and provide relief on a large scale in Kerala.
Over 24,000 other people have been evacuated until now from the flood affected areas of Kerala even as 41 NDRF teams are nonetheless undertaking relief and rescue operations in the state, a force spokesperson stated.
"The force has rescued 535 people and evacuated 24,616 marooned people to safer places. 119 animals were also evacuated and pre-hospital treatment was provided to 4,908 people till now," he stated.
In Neliyamapathy in Palakkad district, helicopters ferried pregnant women and others in the hunt for clinical lend a hand from a marooned spot whilst dumping food for greater than 1,000 other people nonetheless bring to a halt after roads in the area have been seriously damaged. In Chengannur, the closing of those trapped in water-logged puts have been rescued, stated native legislator Saji Cherian.
Police takes price
The Kerala Police on Tuesday took price of the entire 3,000 relief camps in the state. Police chief Loknath Behra warned that suitable motion would be taken against all traders who jack up costs of very important commodities.
"There will be no leniency shown to such people and those who engage in spreading fake messages and news. Already a few are behind the bars," he stated.
No illness outbreak
Reviewing the relaxation work, Union health minister J P Nadda held a gathering on Tuesday and stated no outbreak of communicable illness has been reported from the flood-ravaged districts of Kerala, up to now.
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued health advisories to give a boost to the state in meeting with post-flood public health management challenges when the threat of water borne, vector borne and viral hepatitis sicknesses turns into potent.
The health ministry despatched 65 metric tonnes of very important emergency medicine for flood-hit Kerala. 12 public health teams have also been constituted for 12 worst-affected districts of the state. Ten specialist clinical teams have also been constituted, and psycho-social teams from NIMHANS are able for deployment as and when asked by way of the state govt, the ministry stated.
Air connectivity
Flight operations from the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), which has suffered an estimated loss of over Rs 220 crore due to floods, are anticipated to renew from August 26, airport officials stated.
The airport, which is without doubt one of the busiest in the nation, have been rendered non-functional since August 14 due to flooding and torrential rains.
Meanwhile, the Naval Air Station, INS Garuda, commenced civil airplane operations from Monday. Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, was once able to perform two flights to Bengaluru and one flight to Coimbatore. An Indigo flight also did an ordeal touchdown and will also undertaking flying operations.
Road connectivity
Train site visitors on all primary routes earlier disrupted due to harm to tracks by way of floods has been restored, railways minister Piyush Goyal stated nowadays. Almost all educate services and products, excluding for a couple of for want of pairing rakes, have been restored in the state.
The railway ministry stated 3 divisions of the southern rRailway have been seriously suffering from flash floods, landslides and due to boulders falling on tracks.
HQ and divisional staff of about 30 officials, 45 supervisors and about 450 railway staffers worked round-the-clock braving rain and water in antagonistic conditions to revive the tracks.
(With company inputs)
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