[Marxistindia] Render Urgent Relief to Flood-Affected States

[news from the cpi(m)]

August 12, 2019

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Render Urgent Relief to Flood-Affected States

 

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its grave concern at the loss of
life, destruction of property and livestock due to the floods in various
parts of the country.

 

Kerala is the worst affected, exactly a year after the devastation caused by
the floods in 2018. So far, the death toll has reached 72 with more bodies
being recovered during rescue operations. Nearly three lakh people have been
evacuated and housed in 1639 relief camps across the state. The LDF
government in the state is once again combating this havoc efficiently. 

 

40 lives have been lost in Maharashtra, 32 in Karnataka and 24 in Gujarat.
Major rivers like the Tungabhadra, Krishna in AP/Telangana and their
tributaries are in spate and continue to cause immense destruction and
damage.

 

The Home Minister in his aerial survey of flood hit areas chose to go only
to BJP ruled states of Maharashtra & Karnataka. It appears that he
deliberately skipped the survey of the badly affected Kerala. Some elements
associated with the RSS-BJP are campaigning in social media asking people
not to donate to the Kerala Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Political
partisanship is least expected in times of natural calamities and
unfortunate deaths of people.

 

The PB of the CPI(M) calls upon the central government to render all
required assistance to the state governments to tackle this calamity. 

 

 

 

 

 

(For CPI(M) Central Committee Office)

 

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