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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Rs 745 crore relief package for rebuilding damaged homes and hospitals in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir.
Speaking to some media persons at Raj Bhavan here, Modi said the central government would do everything possible to help rebuild the lives and livelihood of people who suffered in last month's floods in the state.
Modi said that the Rs 44,000 crore rehabilitation package sought by the state government was being considered, and announced an immediate relief of Rs 570 crore for rebuilding of damaged homes and Rs175 crore for similarly affected hospitals in the state.
Close to 300 died and more than 1.5 million people were affected by the floods in Jammu and Kashmir.
