Thiruvananthapuram: The Keralam government has sanctioned Rs 25.64 crore for making flood-affected homes in Pathanamthitta district habitable, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said on Tuesday.
The amount will be used to provide Rs 10,000 as financial assistance to 25,648 families in the southern Keralam district whose homes were flooded due to the extremely heavy rainfall there in August.
Chief Minister V D Satheesan had announced the amount after the floods.
The total amount of Rs 25.64 crore has been sanctioned from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF), the CMO said.
It said that the Pathanamthitta District Collector has been instructed to make the assistance available.
The relief amount will be transferred directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries soon, it added.
Besides this, the government also sanctioned financial assistance for the medical treatment of returned expatriates, and for the dependants of expatriates who have died, the chief minister said in a Facebook post.
Each beneficiary will receive assistance ranging from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000. The amount will be credited to the beneficiaries' bank accounts soon, he said.
A total of Rs 7.5 lakh has been sanctioned for the medical treatment of 30 people from the chief minister's Chairman's fund, his post said.
The chief minister also said that the government was always working to ensure the welfare and safety of the expatriates.
"This government will move forward with care and support for the expatriate brothers and sisters who are the backbone of the country," he said.