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Nandamuri Balakrishna donates ₹50 lakh towards Telangana, Andhra Pradesh flood relief

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Sep 14, 2024 07:58 AM IST As severe flooding in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh caused widespread disruption, Nandamuri Balakrishna has donated ₹50 lakh to the Chief Minister Relief Fund. As severe flooding in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh caused widespread disruption, actor-politician Nandamuri Balakrishna has donated ₹50 lakh to the Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF). On behalf of Balakrishna, his daughter Tejaswani presented a cheque of ₹50 lakh to Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy. (Also Read: Rajinikanth celebrates ‘lovely brother’ Nandamuri Balakrishna completing 50 years in cinema) ₹50 lakh towards Andhra Pradesh and Telangana flood relief” title=”Nandamuri Balakrishna donates ₹50 lakh towards Andhra Pradesh and Telangana flood relief” /> ₹50 lakh towards Andhra Pradesh and Telangana flood relief” title=”Nandamuri Balakrishna donates ₹50 lakh towards Andhra Pradesh and Telangana flood relief” />Nandamuri Balakrishna donates ₹50 lakh towards Andhra Pradesh and Telangana flood relief Recently, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan met Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and handed over a cheque of ₹1 crore towards the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the flood-affected. Kalyan met …

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana floods: Finance Ministry instructs for speedy settlement of insurance claims

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Union Minister of Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan interacts with locals during a visit to flood-affected areas at Jakkampudi. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman instructed the public sector insurance companies to ensure speedy settlement of claims by organising special camps and easing the claim processes thereby providing relief to the flood – affected people in Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Telangana, according to a message posted by her on ‘X’ Thursday evening.  She stated that the Department of Financial Services issued directions to the insurance companies to extend and provide full support to the people affected by floods, and to widely advertise the names and contact numbers of nodal officers whom the policyholders have to contact for having their claims settled.  The Central Government and the Ministry of Finance are committed to supporting those affected by this calamity and ensuring that they receive the necessary assistance at the earliest, Ms. Sitharaman asserted.  Published – September 06, 2024 07:15 am IST Source link

Nirmala Sitharaman Asks Public Sector Insurers to Ensure Swift Claim Settlement in Flood-hit Andhra, Telangana

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Last Updated: September 05, 2024, 23:44 IST Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (File photo/PTI) The insurance companies have been also instructed to widely advertise the names and contact numbers of nodal officers to whom the policyholders can contact. The Finance Ministry on Thursday said PSU insurance companies have been directed to ensure swift claim settlements by organising special camps and easing claim processes for those affected by heavy rains and floods in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The insurance companies have been also instructed to widely advertise the names and contact numbers of nodal officers to whom the policyholders can contact. In a statement, the ministry said in view of the heavy rains and floods in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the Department of Financial Services issued directions, on Thursday, to the public sector insurance companies to extend and provide full support to the people affected by floods. “The insurance companies have been instructed to ensure swift claim settlements by organising special camps and easing claim processes and thereby provide relief to those affected,” the ministry said …

Telangana, Andhra Pradesh floods: Jr NTR to donate ₹50 lakh for each state; over 30 killed | Latest News India

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Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu and his Telangana counterpart A Revanth Reddy have urged the Centre to declare the torrential rain conditions in their states as a natural calamity as more than 30 people died so far, reported news agency ANI. Chief ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have asked Prime Minister Modi to declare the rain in the states a natural calamity (PTI Photo) (PTI) The intense downpour has led to the death of 17 people in Andhra Pradesh and 16 people in Telangana. Road links between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have faced major damage. Homes, crops, roadways and more have been destroyed by the rain which has been pelting both states for the past three days. During a press conference on Monday, Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu stated, “In my career, this is the biggest disaster…We had some events like Hudhud hurricane and Titli cyclone but compared to these, here the human suffering and property loss is the biggest.” In an official press release, Telangana CM Reddy also noted that the financial losses …

Telangana to set up State disaster response force to better handle floods, emergencies in future

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File picture of Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy | Photo Credit: G. Ramakrishna The State Government has decided to set up Telangana Disaster Response Force to tackle emergency situations like floods in future. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced this during a meeting with Ministers and senior officials to review the flood situation and know about the relief measures put in place to avoid inconvenience to people in the affected areas. The meeting had decided to enhance ex-gratia for families of those who died due to floods from ₹4 lakh to ₹5 lakh each, and that for milch animals to ₹50,000 from the existing ₹30,000. ALSO READ: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana rain LIVE updates – September 2, 2024 Compensation for the loss of sheep and goat has been enhanced to ₹5,000 each from ₹3,000, the Chief Minister said instructing the officials to ensure that the benefit reached the affected families at the earliest. It was also announced that steps would be taken to provide compensation of ₹10,000 an acre for crops damaged due to the …