BHOPAL: A central team would visit Madhya Pradesh after August 15 to assess the loss due to floods in the state.
The state revenue minister, Govind Singh Rajput met Union agriculture minister, Narendra Singh Tomar in New Delhi on Thursday and requested to send the central team as soon as possible. The Union minister assured that the team would visit the state after August 15.
Rajput informed the minister about loss suffered to the public as well as private property in the state due to floods. Rajput apprised Tomar about the steps taken in the state to rescue people from the flood hit areas. He said the state government is making all out efforts, but the loss is at such a mass scale that assistance from centre is needed to bring life back to normal and rebuild the infrastructure.
Earlier this month, the state government also wrote to the Union government for sending a team for loss assessment.
The flood-affected districts of the state were mainly Gwalior, Morena, Bhind, Shivpuri, Sheopur, Datia and Guna. The assistance from the union government and army and air force was taken for the rescue work.
Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan apprised the Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the situation of excessive rainfall and floods in the state earlier this month.
