GUWAHATI, July 10 ? The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh has assured all possible help to the State Government to deal with the flood situation, while, an emergency meeting of the State Council of Ministers this evening decided to release an amount of Rs 50 crore for providing relief to the affected people. Official sources said that the Prime Minister today called up Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to discuss the situation arising out of the devastating floods in Assam and assured that the Centre would provide all possible help to the State.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister convened a meeting of his Council of Ministers this evening to discuss the situation arising out of the devastating floods. In the meeting, the Chief Minister directed all the Ministers to fan out to the affected districts to supervise the relief and rescue operations. The State Government also decided to submit a detailed report to the Prime Minister shortly. All the Ministers decided to donate their one-month?s salary for providing relief to the affected people. The meeting observed that the situation in the State worsened due to heavy rain in Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh.
The meeting observed that the budget Session of the State assembly, scheduled to begin on July 12, should be postponed in view of the flood situation and the Speaker Prithibi Majhi has convened an all-party meeting tomorrow.