Union health minister J P Nadda today flagged off relief material for flood affected people in Assam, Manipur and Gujarat.
He said that the government was ensuring that there was no shortage of essential items to the flood victims.
"We have released the first batch of relief material worth around Rs 3.15 crore containing medicines, mosquito nets, clothes among others and will soon send the second batch as well," he said.
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He further said that the Red Cross units of Assam, Manipur and Gujarat through their volunteers have also initiated immediate response by providing relief supplies to the affected communities from their existing stocks.
Further, the Indian Red Cross Society, National Headquarters has also released relief items from its prepositioned stocks for response operations.
This includes mosquito nets, kitchen sets, tarpaulin pieces, towels, dhoties for men and sarees for women, cotton blankets, bed sheets and buckets.
Minister of State (IC) for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Jitendra Singh, was also present.
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