RAJASTHAN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a relief fund of Rs 1,000 crore relief package on Friday.
A powerful cyclone lashed eastern India’s coastal areas on Friday with torrential rain and winds gusting up to 200 kilometers per hour (124 mph).
A million people were evacuated before Cyclone Fani hit the coastal regions of eastern India.
It was reported that 2 were killed in Odisha due to the cyclonic storm.
While addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Hidaun, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a Rs 1,000 crore relief fund for Cyclone Fani after it hit Odisha and is set to hit West Bengal tomorrow.
“We have gathered here today. At the same time, people living in coastal areas in eastern and southern India are facing an extremely severe cyclone. The Centre is in continuous contact with governments in Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry. I took the latest update from the officers. I held a review meeting yesterday,” said the Prime Minister, adding that the nation was “with the people”.
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