New Delhi, July 10 (UNI) The Central Government today approved the release of Rs 1,066.80 crore to flood and landslides affected states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Kerala, Uttarakhand.

Among the six flood affected states, Assam received Rs 375.60 crore, Rs 29.20 crore was given to Manipur, Rs 30.40 crore to Meghalaya, Rs 22.80 crore to Mizoram, Rs 153.20 crore to Kerala and Rs 455.60 crore to Uttarakhand, as Central share from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), a Home Ministry statement said.

These states have been affected due to extremely heavy rains, floods and landslides during the south-west monsoon of this year.

So far this year, the Centre has released Rs 6,166.00 crore from the SDRF to 14 states and Rs 1,988.91 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to 12 states. Additionally, Rs 726.20 crore has been released from the State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to five states, along with Rs 17.55 crore from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) to two states.

The Central Government has also provided all logistic assistance, including deployment of requisite NDRF teams, Army teams and Air Force support to all the flood, landslides, cloudburst affected States.

During the ongoing monsoon season, 104 teams of NDRF are deployed in the 21 States/UT for rescue and relief operations.
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