SILCHAR: A total of 28 affected families of the Cachar district whose houses were completely destroyed in the recent floods have been given Rs 1 lakh from the Chief Minister's relief fund and 480 widows have been given a one-time financial assistance of Rs 25,000. The one-time financial aid was handed over by dignitaries, including Cachar Deputy commissioner Rohan Kumar Jha, at a function organized at Gandhi Bhavan in Silchar on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Commissioner Rohan Kumar Jha said that this one-time financial assistance is in addition to the allowances received by those in Cachar district under the Indira Miri Universal Widow Pension Scheme of the State Government. Besides, 28 families whose homesteads were destroyed in the recent floods in the district are being given Rs 1 lakh from the Chief Minister's relief fund.
Deputy Commissioner Rohan Kumar Jha advised to utilize the grant money properly. He said that the families affected by the recent floods have already received Rs 95,100 and this grant of Rs 1 lakh was additional to this.
Zilla Parishad president Amitabh Rai Silchar MP representative Pulak Das, Lakhipur MLA representative Dr Chandan Dey, said that the people and widows of the district affected by the recent floods would be greatly benefited by this step taken by the state government and they thanked Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma.
Rajeev Roy, Development Commissioner of Cachar, gave vote of thanks on the occasion.
Later live telecast of similar state level event held at Tezpur was shown where Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma along with various ministers, MPs and MLAs participated in it, stated a press release.
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