Mamata Banerjee Meets PM For 15 Mins Over Cyclone, Then Skips Larger Meet

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    PM Modi and Mamata Banerjee final met on January 23, on the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata (File)

    New Delhi:

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a 15-minute assembly with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Kalaikunda Air Base in Bengal’s West Midnapore district Friday. The 2 leaders have been to carry a overview assembly to evaluate harm brought on by Cyclone Yaas, which tore by Bengal and Odisha this week.

    Ms Banerjee, nevertheless, skipped that meet, solely staying to provide the Prime Minister a report on damages.

    “Prime Minister referred to as the assembly… we (her workplace) did not know. I had a gathering in Digha (however) I went to Kalaikunda and gave the report asking for Rs 20,000 crore. I informed him you (state officers) needed to fulfill me. I took his permission and left,” she was quoted by information company ANI.

    The 15-minute assembly was their first for the reason that April-Might Meeting election that Ms Banerjee’s Trinamool received, regardless of the opposition mounting a crass marketing campaign fueled, partially, by the resignation of numerous MPs, MLAs and ministers from the ruling celebration.

    The final time they have been face-to-face was on January 23 – at Kolkata’s Victoria Memorial to mark the a hundred and twenty fifth start anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. On that night a livid Mamata Banerjee walked off-stage in a huff after her speech was interrupted with chants of “Jai Shri Ram“.

    Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who has a running feud with Ms Banerjee, and Chief of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, her trusted aide earlier than he joined the BJP, have been on the meet she skipped.

    The Prime Minister additionally took aerial surveys of areas affected by Yaas, which brought on havoc throughout South and North 24 Paraganas, Digha, East Medinipur and Nandigram districts of the state.

    He later introduced Rs 1,000 crore for relief measures. Rs 500 crore is to be given instantly to Odisha, with equal sums for Bengal and Jharkhand. These will probably be launched on the premise of injury.

    He additionally introduced Rs 2 lakh every for the households of every of those that died in cyclone-related incidents. A sum of Rs 50,000 can be paid to these injured in such incidents.

    Final week he introduced Rs 1,000 crore for Gujarat, after the state was hit by Cyclone Tauktae.

    Ms Banerjee mentioned she would undertake her personal surveys on Saturday.

    She has pegged the harm to her state at Rs 15,000 crore – together with the destruction of three lakh homes and 134 embankments – and has already introduced a rescue package deal of Rs 1,000 crore.

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    Cyclone Yaas tore by Bengal and Odisha this week, inflicting harm value hundreds of crores

    The Prime Minister has already met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik; the 2 met in Bhubaneswar this morning, after which he performed an aerial survey in that state.

    PM Modi issued an announcement after his assembly with Mr Patnaik, by which he famous the efficient position of central and states businesses in responding to the problem posed by Yaas.

    He suggested all businesses to make sure the restoration of regular life within the affected areas as quickly as doable and requested that reduction materials is disbursed to all individuals affected by the cyclone.

    Yaas made landfall on the north Odisha coast – about 20 km south of Balasore – on Wednesday with 130-140 km per hour winds and 150 km per hour gusts.

    No less than three folks died as Yaas hit Odisha. A fourth individual died in Bengal’s Digha city. Over 100 NDRF groups have been deployed throughout each states to assist in rescue and reduction efforts.

    With enter from PTI

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