Release relief assistance to 2019 flood victims: HVRDC
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 09 2021:
Hills and Valley Relief Demand Committee (HVRDC) has appealed the Government to release the relief assistance of the victims of drought occurred in the year 2019 by September 15 failing which they will resort to strong democratic forms of protest.
The State Government had declared drought in 2019 and after assessing the field report, the Government had submitted a proposal for grant of relief assistance to the Ministry of Home Affairs, following which the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) had sanctioned the fund for assistance in 2020 itself, said a statement issued by HVRDC.
HVRDC added in the statement that despite the funds already released by the Central Government, the State Government is withholding the release of the relief assistance to all the victims.