Union Government declares Tamil Nadu flood as Calamity of Severe Nature

• The Union Government has declared the recent Tamil Nadu flood as a Calamity of Severe Nature.

• Central Government’s announcement came after Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa had made a plea to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking that the floods be declared as National Disaster.

• Under this declaration Parliamentarians are advised to pend up to 1 crore rupees under their MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) for reconstruction and rehabilitation works in the in flood-affected districts.

• In this regard, MPs can send approval letters to the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Background

• The 2015 South Indian floods was a severe natural calamity caused by heavy rainfall on 15&ndash16 November during the annual northeast monsoon season.

• The worst affected areas were are located on the Coromandel Coast region of the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the union territory of Puducherry.

• Chennai, capital city of Tamil Nadu was particularly hard-hit. The floods had killed nearly 600 people and displaced over 1.8 million people.

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