Chandigarh, Sep 8 || Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday said 12 people have lost their lives with the collapse of houses amidst floods caused by heavy rains.
Three each deaths were reported in Fatehabad and Bhiwani districts, two each in Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar and one each in Hisar and Faridabad. “The government is continuously monitoring the damage caused by heavy rains,” CM Saini told the media here.
“We have opened the e-compensation portal to reduce the difficulties faced by the citizens due to floods. Till date, 169,738 farmers from 2,897 villages of the state have registered 996,701 acres on the compensation portal,” he said.
“We have set priorities for immediate relief in flood and waterlogging-affected areas. Besides, the relief work is going on continuously in all these areas. A sum of Rs 3.06 crore has been sanctioned to the districts as a reserve fund for immediate relief measures,” the Chief Minister said.